A new issue of Triple Canopy is out, on Urbanisms: Model Cities. Our Better Nature: A new verse translation of Lucretius’s De rerum natura elegantly counters the superstitions of this modern age. From The New York Times, finance experts grade the banks’ stress test. The Supreme Court nomination process isn't about finding the "best" candidate — it's about finding the right fit. From TNR, Marin Cogan on Arthur Brooks, the happiness scholar who wants to save conservatism; and why Obama's stance on nukes makes Peter Scoblic sleep better at night. What else are we wrong about? A look at the danger of nuclear proliferation and other possible fallacies. Obama is Spock: Our president bears a striking resemblance to the rational "Star Trek" Vulcan whose mixed race made him cultural translator to the universe. An interview with Lawrence Krauss, author of The Physics of Star Trek. If we were to construct a PC with similar computational power to our brain, what would its technical specifications need to be? When really big numbers aren't nearly enough: Like ZIP codes and phone numbers, Internet addressing suffers growing pains. Google's goal of a universal online library would be great for humanity — it can still be great for authors and publishers, too.
