Articles
- The history of canned food, a lengthy but fascinating read.
- Mary Beard examines the extent to which Caligula deserves his bad reputation.
- A number of Chinese microbloggers are not impressed by the world’s (purported) future tallest building.
- … and Vladimir Putin’s opponents are not impressed by his fishing.
- A profile of “data guru” Nate Silver (free reg’n required).
- A look at several space-focused startups.
- [Finance & Economics] Adam Posen and Matt Yglesias argue against the cult of home ownership.