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Australia’s Military Accidentally Set the Country on Fire
Australia's largest wildfire is the result of a weapons test gone awry
Air Pollution Closed Schools in China
Officials blamed the influx of smog on three factors—windless conditions, bonfires of harvested corn stalks and a fired-up municipal heating system
You Can Buy the Violin That Played the Titanic Out
The violin of Wallace Hartley, a member of the on-board orchestra, is up for auction
The Trial of Cambodia’s Genocidal Leaders Is Nearing a Verdict
More than 30 years after the fall of the Khmer Rouge, trials of the group's genocidal leaders are inching closer to a verdict
Glitches in the Common Application Have Seniors Pulling Their Hair Out
Should the Common App fall down entirely, we'll probably hear the collective wail millions of high school seniors all over the country
The Youngest Winner of the Booker Prize Also Wrote the Longest Book
Eleanor Catton is 28, and her book The Luminaries is over 800 pages long
Vote for the Next Inductees Into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
So far, Nirvana is winning the fan vote with 15 percent, followed closely by Kiss at 14.33 percent
Hurricane Phailin Is As Strong as Katrina, Twice as Wide as Sandy And About to Devastate India
India is bracing for what is potentially the strongest hurricane they've ever seen
Your Cheat Sheet to the 2013 Nobel Prizes
Love them or hate them, here we provide you with the sound bytes you'll need to at least discuss them
What Makes a Nobel Laureate? The Demographic Keys to Success
It helps to be an older man from Europe
Espionage Thriller Author Tom Clancy Dies
Clancy authored more than 20 books and his final novel, Command Authority, is scheduled for release on December 3
Funding Gaps Have Only Forced Government Shutdowns Since the 1980s
Funding gaps didn't always bring a shut down of the federal government
We Know Humans Are Causing Global Warming; Here Are Some Things We’re Less Sure About
Here, gleaned from the IPCC's briefing, are some of the things we still don't know much about
A Massive Earthquake in Pakistan Just Forced an Island to Climb Out of the Sea
In the wake of a massive earthquake in Pakistan this morning, a new island has emerged from the Arabian Sea
Kenya in Context: Malls Around the World That Terrorists Have Attacked
Lots of people, lots of exits, lots of packages--a few of the reasons why shopping malls are targeted
The Muslim Brotherhood’s Short History as an Officially Recognized Political Party Is Over
Amidst an ongoing military crackdown, Egypt bans the Muslim Brotherhood
The AR-15 Seems To Be the Weapon of Chioce in Random Acts of Violence
Of the 67 mass shootings in the US over the past three decades, more than three-quarters of the 143 guns used were obtained legally
North Korea May Have Just Restarted its Nuclear Program
Steam coming from a mothballed plutonium plant could mean North Korea is resuming its weapons program
It Might Be Hard to Collect Syria’s Chemical Weapons, But Neutralizing Them Isn’t That Complicated
Rounding up and securing all of Assad's chemical weapons will no doubt be challenging, but the actual act of destroying them isn't quite so difficult
Obama Isn’t the First Peace Prize Laureate to Support a War
This isn't the first time a Peace Prize winner has pushed for war
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