FirstAfter being stuck in orbit for nine months, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams finally departed the International Space Station. The SpaceX capsule is expected to fall to Earth (there will be parachutes) , splashing down off the Florida coast around 6 p.m. local time. The lengthy sojourn will have made them taller, weaker and maybe given them vision trouble, according to medical studies of previous astronauts.
SecondChinese automaker BYD unveiled a line-up of electric vehicles that it says can charge almost as fast as it takes to refuel a regular car. The new battery system allows for 400 kilometers of range in just five minutes of charging — that's quicker than anything else out there.
ThirdHarvard announced today that it plans to offer free tuition for students whose families make $200,000 or less per year. Previously the university — where the annual cost to attend is about $83,000 - had waived tuition for families with incomes under $85,000. The change will make Harvard the latest in a series of elite schools that have expanded financial aid after the Supreme Court banned the use of racial preferences in college admissions.