I learned recently, from the first episode of the PBS documentary The Story of India, that the ancient civilizations of Harappa and Mohenjo Daro were wiped out by climate change – not people fighting, using too much fuel, or doing something else destructive to themselves or the planet, but rather just nature taking its course. [...]
I hear the body pisses out whatever extra vitamins and minerals it ingests that it doesn’t need. I also read a few months ago about a study of an ape species that revealed that they only take what they need in the way of food, even if more is available to them. Why can’t we [...]
12:43 PM New study reveals that crabs feel pain when they are boiled alive. Researchers used wires to shock hermit crabs, who then scampered out of their shells “indicating that the experience is unpleasant for them.” Quoted from the article: “Millions of crustacean are caught or reared in aquaculture for the food industry,” he said. [...]
11:27 AM The view out of my window this morning: blizzard-like conditions 6 inches of snow every 3 hours
7:51 PM Climbing Everest 3:00 PM Watching Angoor. Absolutely hilarious! I wish Gulzar had made many more movies than he has. 2:52 PM Had the season’s first mountain bike ride yesterday. The weather was around 65 degrees at mid-day; it couldn’t have been better. I rode the Marshall Mesa Trail and Community Ditch Trail.