Double Atomic Bomb Victim Dies at Age 93 Tsutomu Yamaguchi, the only person officially recognized as a survivor of both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings at the end of World War II, has died at age 93. Mr. Yamaguchi was in Hiroshima on a business trip for his shipbuilding company on Aug. 6, 1945, [...]
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WWAGD? (what will Al Gore do?) Self destructing Supernova explosion may wipe out earth A STAR is primed to explode in a blast that could wipe out the Earth, according to American astronomers. A new study shows the star, called T Pyxidis, is much closer than previously thought at 3,260 light-years away – a short [...]
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