Swedish scientist Eva Ekeblad, best-remembered for discovering that alcohol and flour can be made from potatoes, is suddenly on everyone’s minds — all thanks to a Google Doodle. ‘[She] brought potatoes, then a greenhouse curiosity, to the people,’ Google noted July 10. ‘Eva discovered the starch was humble but mighty — potatoes could be ground into flour or distilled into spirits.’ Her discovery paved the way for alcohols like vodka […]