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The fragments, largely from arm and leg bones, belonged to a woman between the ages of 18 and 60 who stood just under 5 feet tall, according to forensic analysis.
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Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
6 Jan. 2026
At the same time, mission controllers are closely analyzing the last fragments of tracking data recovered.
The year started with a four-day streak of 70-degree highs; however, Oklahoma will soon see temperatures dip a bit into the mid-50s and 60s at the start of next week, with some parts of the state expecting snow.
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Josh Kelly,
Oklahoman,
9 Jan. 2026
Running water and electricity were disrupted in parts of the capital, Kyiv's Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.
In the years since the acquisition, sections of that property were sold off, including a plot with a large log house Tobolowsky built for the family.
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Tribune News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Nov. 2025
Feature Film of a Director, ICFT-UNESCO Gandhi Medal and special sections such as Macabre Dreams, Docu-Montage, Experimental Films, UNICEF and Restored Classics.
The advisory is for portions of northern Connecticut, central, eastern, northeastern, southeastern, and western Massachusetts, and northern Rhode Island.
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Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
6 Jan. 2026
Parts of the stream are as salty as portions of Chesapeake Bay.
The amount of space between garden soil particles is so minuscule that container plants struggle to send their roots into it and extract nutrients from it.
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Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Nov. 2025
Its particles contain a uranium kernel wrapped in three layers of carbon and ceramic materials.
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Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
The Roshn Stadium in Riyadh will have a roof resembling shards of crystal, while the Neom Stadium is due to be incorporated into The Line mega city.
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Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2026
Shooting stars appear when shards of ancient comets and asteroids collide with Earth, burning up in a fiery display as they are overwhelmed by friction.
The vehicle is powered by an in-vehicle supercomputer built around eight NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Thor system-on-chips based on the Blackwell GPU architecture.
Semiconductor manufacturing requires huge amounts of ultra-clean water to rinse residue from silicon chips during the fabrication process, resulting in wastewater that contains pollutants, including heavy metals, which can be toxic to aquatic ecosystems and humans.
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