Kaitlin Goldstein, a fourth-year doctoral student in architecture, has been found dead a week after she went missing in northern India, MIT said on Sunday. She was 28. Kaitlin Goldstein, was a fourth-year graduate student in architecture, and in MIT’s Building Technology Program. Her body was found yesterday in a ravine below a trail where she had gone for a …

It’s been almost a year since the July 6 train derailment in Lac-Megantic, Que., but the reminders for the people who live there are near-constant. As the cleanup of the disaster enters its second phase, some of Lac-Megantic’s residents have discovered yet another reminder: An aerial view of the scorched earth in their town where the disaster occurred, displayed on …

Police say the body found in the Otonabee River on Sunday is that of a man who had been visiting from Alberta and reported missing April 16.

SpaceX has announced that it will make a third attempt to launch commercial satellites from Cape Canaveral on June 24, after putting off its scheduled attempt on June 22.

Cool environments may spur metabolic benefits, according to a recent study. Researchers found that ambient temperatures can influence the growth or loss of brown fat in people. While cool environments stimulate growth, warm environments stimulate loss.

After undergoing a “grueling double mastectomy” in May, Samantha Harris has revealed that she may have to undergo chemotherapy as well. People Magazine reported that the former “Dancing with the Stars” host has learned that her cancer has spread beyond her breasts. Doctors reportedly informed the 40-year-old TV personality that while performing a double mastectomy they had to remove her …

National and state air pollution controls that went into effect across the US in the early 1990s coincide with decreasing death rates from emphysema, asthma and pneumonia among people in North Carolina, according to a study led by Duke University researchers.

When the Earth’s magnetic field switches, strange things happen. Now, the European Space Agency’s Swarm satellite system has revealed exactly how our planets magnetism is changing. Launched in 2013, Swarm is made up of three satellites which measure the strength of the Earth’s magnetic field remotely. These new results are based on changes in the magnetic signals stemming from Earth’s …

Thousands of New Yorkers celebrated the first day of summer by practicing yoga right smack in the middle of Times Square. It was the 12th annual “Solstice in Times Square.” The free event was held at Broadway and 7th avenue between 42nd and 44th streets.

A man and woman out of South Florida somehow survived treading water in the open ocean for nearly 14 hours without life jackets. Their boat capsized, and the couple was dumped into the ocean.

Budget cuts have forced the Social Security Administration to close dozens of field offices even as millions of baby boomers approach retirement, swamping the agency with applications for benefits, a senior agency official told Congress Wednesday.