Kaleidoscopic photos of Iranian mosques capture their gorgeous geometry

Sheikh lotfollah Mosque, Isfahan Construction of this breathtaking mosque began in 1603, and it was completed in late 1619. It's one of the smaller mosques in the area, designed to be used solely by the royal family, and its exquisite tile work creates a

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DIY: Make delicious homemade yogurt in your slow cooker

Image via Shutterstock  Yogurt is one of those all-around fabulous edibles that can be used a thousand different ways. It gets added to smoothies, eaten with cereal, mixed with herbs to create spreads and dips, or just devoured by the spoonful right out

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Snhetta's Norwegian Wild Reindeer Centre Pavilion was Inspired by the Robust Landscape

The pavilion was commissioned by the Norwegian Wild Reindeer Foundation to allow visitors to behold the range of the reindeer. Snøhetta's design for the center may have taken a cue from the Norwegian National Tourist Routes Project, which placed a series

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Scientists warn thawing soil could suddenly unleash deadly pathogens unseen in centuries

Humans have fought viruses for centuries. We struck a temporary winning blow with the discovery of penicillin, but now we're watching bacteria develop antibiotic resistance.

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C&A debuts world's first Cradle to Cradle Certified Gold T-shirts

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"Artificial blowhole" harvests power from ocean waves

As the world scales up renewable energy to meet the goals of the Paris agreement, the more clean sources the better. Australia-based Wave Swell Energy has designed a creative way to obtain energy from the power of the ocean. Wave energy comes in many forms: at Inhabitat we've written about buoys, floating sea walls, and floating platforms. But Wave Swell Energy takes a new approach: what CEO Tom Denniss called an artificial blowhole.

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Richard Branson's new supersonic jet will fly 2X faster than the speed of sound

Would you like to travel between New York City and London in just 3 hours and 15 minutes? In a few years, such an ambition could be a possibility. That is because Richard Branson of Virgin Galactic and startup Boom Technology have partnered to build a supersonic aircraft capable of zipping through the skies faster than the speed of sound. Live Science reports that the passenger aircraft would be capable of traveling through the skies faster than the Concorde jet or any other commercial...

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