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16 people killed in Tennessee plant explosion remembered by community: “The losses are staggering”

16 people killed in Tennessee plant explosion remembered by community: “The losses are staggering”

Just miles from a rural Tennessee plant leveled by a devastating explosion, the congregants of Maple Valley Baptist Church devoted Sunday’s service to the 16 deceased victims and their families. Several of the dozens of people praying at the small church knew someone who worked at the plant owned by Accurate Energetic Systems, which supplies and researches explosives for the …

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Saimon Oliveira misses weight by staggering amount at UFC Rio weigh-ins

Saimon Oliveira misses weight by staggering amount at UFC Rio weigh-ins

Saimon Oliveira had a major malfunction at the scale ahead of UFC Rio. The Brazilian bantamweight didn’t come close to hitting the 135-pound limit at the official weigh-ins for Saturday’s event in Rio de Janeiro, coming in at 144 pounds, eight pounds over even with a one-pound allowance for a non-title contest. His opponent Luan Lacerda successfully made weight at …

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These 2 galaxies are falling into the Virgo Cluster at a staggering rate of 547 miles per second

These 2 galaxies are falling into the Virgo Cluster at a staggering rate of 547 miles per second

A vast river of neutral hydrogen bridges two galaxies that are beginning to enter the monstrous Virgo Cluster, and this structure is helping astronomers better understand our Milky Way’s relationship with the nearby Magellanic Clouds. The two galaxies, named NGC 4532 and DDO 137, are in fact falling into the Virgo Cluster at 547 miles (880 kilometers) per second, and …

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Evidence Blue Indigo Was In Use A Staggering 34,000 Years Ago – Ancient Origins

Evidence Blue Indigo Was In Use A Staggering 34,000 Years Ago  Ancient Origins Archaeologists Find Traces of Indigo Dye on 34,000-Year-Old Grinding Tools from Georgia  Sci.News Traces of blue indigo on 34,000-year-old grinding tools suggest new Paleolithic plant use scenarios  Phys.org Ancient Humans Used Indigo Plant 34,000 Years Ago: First Evidence of Non-Food Plant Processing Found in Georgia  Arkeonews New Evidence Reveals Humans Were …

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A Scientist Says Humans Could Live for a Staggering 20,000 Years

A Scientist Says Humans Could Live for a Staggering 20,000 Years

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A molecular biogerontology professor believes we’ve only started to move toward holding off aging, and that humans will eventually have the potential to live for 1,000 to 20,000 years. Technology not yet created would be key to extreme longevity, as we would need to be able to eliminate aging at the …

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Staggering Finds Show Early Humans Lived Alongside the Very Apes They Evolved from

Staggering Finds Show Early Humans Lived Alongside the Very Apes They Evolved from

Skull of a female A africanus – credit, Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, From Ethiopia comes an incredible discovery—early humans seem to have potentially lived alongside the very apes they evolved from. The discovery centers around teeth: that of a member of the genus Homo, of which we are a part, found next to the tooth of Australopithecus, the last in …

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Virginia Tech A.D. names staggering budget figure Hokies need "to compete near the top" – FootballScoop.com

Virginia Tech A.D. names staggering budget figure Hokies need “to compete near the top”  FootballScoop.com David Teel: Hokies AD Babcock tells board ‘our resources don’t match our expectations’  The Virginian-Pilot Bitter: Hokies AD Whit Babcock Sounds Financial Alarm At BOV Meeting  TechSideline.com Virginia Tech’s Board of Visitors hears about future of athletics  WDBJ7 TSL Podcast 428: Preseason Camp Updates, Whit Babcock Presents To BOV  TechSideline.com …

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