And this could play a crucial role in evaluating the still-controversial evidence for the existence of life on Mars a planet that, in astronomical terms, is a mere stone's throw away.

ECONOMIST: Meteorites

The mere act of attending a rally or throwing a stone at beefy armored security forces can land you in jail.

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Apart from giving the mosque a gritty complexion, Tepebasi's concrete has freed the architect from the engineering challenges which architects in stone had to grapple with, reducing Sinan's structural brilliance to mere ornament.

ECONOMIST: The architecture of mosques