- World Idli Day
- Ancient pee can tell us about the early domestication of sheep and goats at Aşıklı Höyük, in case you’re wondering about the press release’s A??kl? Höyu?k.
- The World Resources Institute weighs in on questions of beef and climate change.
- How hipster eggs with pretty coloured shells can sell for $1 each when eggs are also available in supermarkets at one twentieth of that price.
- A reader sent me a link to a really interesting article in The Wall Street Journal: The Pastas You’ve Been Missing Out On…And Where to Find Them. Unfortunately, it being the WSJ, unless you subscribe, or get someone who does subscribe to share the link with you, there’s no way to read it. I continue to dream of an effective, efficient micro-payment system so I could pay to read single items.
Longer version here (and while you’re there, consider subscribing).