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The oldest of the two mosques in Timbuktu. Faqi is accused of destroying 10 historic Timbuktu buildings (Photo: Flickr/JeanneMenjoulet&Cie). Iconoclasm, the obliteration of religious and cultural artifacts, has a history that dates back millennia. But as of this week, it will…

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Pluto’s frozen nitrogen custard "heart" has certainly received its share of attention. Dozens of wide and close-up photos homing on this fascinating region rimmed by mountains and badlands have been relayed back to Earth by NASA’s New Horizons probe after last July’s flyby.…

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Pin it In theory, packing a lunch sounds like a simple thing. But it’s always those simple things that turn out to be the toughest to tackle. Even with the best of intentions and best-laid plans, packing a lunch can…

Pin it After growing weary of their home state of Nebraska, Carson and Mel needed a change. Recalling an old pipe dream of theirs to travel to every state and file stories from the road, the couple started scouring Craigslist…

Far away from Verdun, where a series of five attempted assaults to retake the lost Fort Douaumont fail at great cost in French life — far away from the English Channel, where the civilian ocean liner SS Maloja strikes a…

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Republican Senators seek to make political capital out of the death of right-wing Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia by vowing to block any attempt Obama makes to nominate a successor .. (story here) ift.tt/1Rwf56q via Cartoon Politics ift.tt/1qxazG3

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Haiku52: Our thoughts on food and cooking in seventeen beats. Photo by Mark Weinberg Caroline: the face made when you bite a hot pepper—at first okay, and then %$#! Sarah J.: i just can’t look at trump without thinking about this…

Roasted Tomato and Turkey Club Sandwich Pin it I love how the concept of a sandwich is simple yet freeing. Yes, there’s usually bread involved, but the fillings are entirely up to you. There’s nothing wrong with the classics, but…

It seems that besides doing a lot of important science, and generally expanding humanity’s horizons, astronaut Scott Kelly has time for a practical joke. Thanks to his twin brother Mark, Scott received a gorilla costume when the ISS was resupplied, and…

Five years ago, Aaron Swartz was caught illegally downloading millions of academic articles from nonprofit online database JSTOR, and was later indicted by the government for the theft. Swartz subsequently took his own life. Peters details how Swartz fought for…

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   Free icons are a great way to spice up your work with small effort. While some of them are plain useful, others give a project a fun twist. The following collection of free icon sets offers both — payment…