SpaceX launches half-empty spaceship so it can bring Boeing's astronaut crew home next year

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Screenshot of SpaceX Crew Dragon launching from Florida's Cape Canaveral on September 28, 2024.
Space X's spaceship launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida on Saturday.

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Van Gogh's 'Starry Night' obeys a scientific law that was invented 52 years later. It reveals the painter's keen observations of nature.

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Scientists see more than just genius in Vincent van Gogh's "The Starry Night." They see physics.

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Elon Musk's 'autocratic' style made SpaceX thrive — but his fixations could threaten its dominance, according to a new book

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Where ocean plastic actually comes from — and how to stop it

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What do we get wrong when we talk about ocean plastic? A lot, it turns out.

Business Insider producer Elizabeth McCauley dives into the scientific literature and talks to experts to find out how we actually solve this problem.

Scientists discovered a unique line of Neanderthals and it's helping solve the mystery of humanity's last great extinction

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Neanderthals went extinct 40,000 years ago, and researchers are continuing to find clues about why.

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8 ways new technology changed the way we think about ancient Egyptian mummies

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A medical radiology technician prepares a CT scan of mummified remains.

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Google's executive productivity advisor says her 'no-tech' Tuesday night challenge was a hit at the tech giant

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Google productivity manager, Laura Mae Martin, breaks down her No-Tech Tuesday challenge in her new book.

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'Titanic will literally never look the same' after researchers discovered the site of James Cameron's famous 'I'm flying' scene is breaking apart

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The Titanic's front tip is falling apart. A recent excavation found that a side railing is already gone.

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NASA explains the mysterious pulsing noise in space coming from Boeing's spaceship

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Boeing's Starliner spacecraft docked to the International Space Station, as seen from a window on a SpaceX Crew Dragon.

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NASA's dream of a space plane could finally become reality

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A rendering shows the Radian One space plane

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