Nice read. For those interested, at the end it's mentioned that the article was excerpted from the author's recent book, "Stolen Focus: Why you can't pay attention".
I believe that the interior bits are screwed into an inner liner, not the actual pressure hull. You can see the gap between the liner and hull in the image.
Chocolate Zucchini Bread? Like chocolate the tasty food and zucchini the thing that ends up composting in the vegetable drawer? While I am simultaneously intrigued and repulsed by the idea, what I can't figure out is if that combination involved giggling, organic stoners or a farsighted granny misreading the original recipe. Looks yummy though.
Only three Gorges? Is Warren G. Harding gonna have to regulate you upside yo Teapot Dome?