Our modern concrete lasts about fifty years when exposed to salt water, while some concrete harbors in Italy are still there after thousands of years. What’s the secret?
Cover
The Top 100 Novels of All Time
I found the list from List Muse intriguing because it contained so many books not found on other top 100 lists. The list seems to reflect a more worldly context with many more foreign authors and subjects.
what if?
Some Relativistic Baseball from xkcd.
100 Greatest Cooking Tips (of all time!)
Food Network Magazine asked top chefs across the country for their best advice.