"Irkutsk-Pekin" was stenciled on the side of our train in Cyrillic letters, but otherwise it was unromantic-looking.

WSJ: Riding the Trans-Mongolian Railway through Russia, China and Mongolia

Dr Molette and her colleagues raised 150 male mule ducks (a cross between Pekin and Muscovy ducks that is often used to produce foie gras) for 13 weeks in standard poultry-house conditions and then transferred them into individual enclosures.

ECONOMIST: Why some duck livers are delicious, and others nasty