From a little over a year ago, some beautiful pictures of the Babbage Difference Engine #2: For some reason, we’ve been conditioned to think of old technology as clunky or ugly. \u00a0Often, it was anything but. \u00a0The clean lines and repetition, lend even things like power stations, telephone exchanges, and pneumatic tube centers elegance and […]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

The Capitol Dome was topped off: On December 2, 1863, the last section of the\u00a0Statue of Freedom\u00a0was put in place on top of the dome amid a great celebration with military salutes. The interior of the dome was finished in January 1866 when the scaffolding was removed from below Constantino Brumidi’s great fresco, the\u00a0Apotheosis of […]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

A great infographic explaining everyone’s favorite alternative currency:<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

Phenomenal cave shots from all over the world:<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

For those of you not watching 60 Minutes\u00a0tonight: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos took to\u00a060 Minutes\u00a0to reveal the company’s latest delivery method:\u00a0drones. In what is likely a cunning reminder of the e-tailer’s upcoming Cyber Monday sales, these bots will apparently be capable of delivering packages up to five pounds (86 percent of orders are apparently under […]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

Rumblings of rational reform of our corporate tax code, including how we handle foreign earnings: As the Senate Finance Committee\u2019s draft proposals suggest, the US should jettison its worldwide approach to corporate taxation and adopt a territorial system for taxing US MNCs\u2019 foreign earnings. Such a system would provide a level playing field that supports […]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n