- If you’ve ever been to Africa, you will have noticed the practice of painting fences, gates and entire houses with adverts, usually for Coca Cola. Here’s how that happens.
- The world’s rarest animal died this week, thereby rendering the subspecies extinct. As Lonesome George the giant tortoise is hoisted from his enclosure, Matt Bardo asks ‘does it matter?’
- The world’s economic center of gravity is moving east at 140 kilometres a year, apparently.
- It’s been a great year for slugs in the garden. Here’s the Royal Horticultural Society’s advice.
The Earthbound Report 
Been dying to know about the house-branding phenomenon… lots of it India too. Thanks!