“The last thousand years have witnessed dramatic increases in the production, availability, safety, abundance and affordability of food. We think that as art imitates life, these changes have been reflected in paintings of history’s most famous dinner.”

Brian Wansink, of Cornell University, says depictions of portion sizes in paintings of the last supper have grown over time (BBC).

“There have been horrific examples where scientists are being sued for alleged defamation…ending libel tourism is very important.”

UK Justice Secretary Jack Straw backs calls for libel reform (Press Gazette).

“The captive carry flight signifies the start of what we believe will be extremely exciting and successful spaceship flight test program.”

Burt Rutan, of Scaled Composites, comments on the first test flight of Virgin Galactic’s VSS Enterprise craft, carried below a plane (CNN).