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A promising schizophrenia drug showed mixed results. What does that mean for patients?

Spain’s horrific flooding another nasty hit in a fall where climate extremes just keep coming

Scientists detect traces of an ancient Mayan city in southern Mexico using laser-sensor technology

Recent whale deaths highlight risks from Antarctica’s booming krill fishery

This ancient tadpole fossil is the oldest ever discovered

Where has all the rain gone? Bone-dry October strikes much of US

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‘Halloween comet’ breaks apart after flying close to the sun

Japanese nuclear reactor which survived earthquake that badly damaged Fukushima power plant restarts

China says it’s ready to launch the next crew to its orbiting space station early Wednesday

NASA astronaut is released from the hospital after returning from space

NASA astronaut remains in the hospital after returning from an extended stay in space

Criminals may be leveraging climate change as record acreage burns in Brazil’s Amazon

Australia and UK make pact to partner on 2050 net-zero climate goal

Red-cockaded woodpeckers’ recovery in southeast leads to status change from endangered to threatened

A new kind of ‘living’ classroom opens at a DC high school

Once locally extinct, Virginia’s bay scallops nearing sustainable levels

Giant fish thought to be extinct is spotted in the Mekong River

On Lake Erie, getting rid of problem algae starts with giving it less food

Orionid Meteor Shower peaks tonight. Here’s how to see it

Scientists show how sperm and egg come together like a key in a lock

Moonlight may hamper views of the Orionid meteor shower, debris of Halley’s comet

DC area gets double dose of celestial wonder with views of comet and supermoon

A brown dwarf discovered 30 years ago is actually twins circling each other

Missed out on the northern lights? Scientists expect more solar storms to produce auroras