Evan Osnos | New Yorker | 2 April 2012 "By 2006 Macau's casino revenues had surpassed those of Las Vegas, until then the world's largest gambling town. Today, the quantity of money passing through Macau exceeds that of Las Vegas five times over." Here's how it happened Comments John Garnaut | Foreign Policy | 29 March 2012 Another big take on the ructions at the top of China's Politburo. Portrays clash between Wen and Bo Xilai as culmination of intra-Party struggle between reformists and leftists going back 30 years, to Deng Xiaoping's time Comments Gregory Matlof | IEEE Spectrum | 29 March 2012 Significant asteroid collisions may be extremely rare but could be devestating to life. So best have a plan to protect the planet. Enter physics professor Gregory Matlof, whose research focuses on celestial engineering Comments James Romm | History Today | 27 March 2012 "Like the death of Stalin, to which it is sometimes compared, the death of Alexander poses a mystery that is perhaps insoluble but nonetheless irresistible." Murdered by his generals? Died of natural causes? Or poisoned by his wife? Comments Aaron Shulman | LA Review Of Books | 29 March 2012 5,000 women murdered since 2000. Only 2% of cases get to court. Abuse of women probably worst in Central America, which is saying something. A 36-year civil war ended in 1996, culture of violence still part of everyday life. Comments Adam Curtis | BBC | 27 March 2012 A typically weird and wonderful Curtis blogpost, lavishly illustrated with video and all but uncategorisable. Here is your chance to discover the links between yoga, Barbara Cartland, and the modern history of Iraq Comments | 
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