Join Tom and Scott as they discuss this: COULD these lines etched into 60,000-year-old ostrich eggshells (see photo) be the earliest signs of humans using graphic art to communicate?
And, we get a great reader submission from Koray, and his (or her) workings with cartoonists.
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Join Tom and Scott as they discuss this: Red-hot chili peppers could soon come to India’s defense. The country’s defense scientists are working on using the world’s hottest chilies in hand grenades for use in counter-insurgency operations and riot control.
And, we get a great reader submission from Joe and his magical robot lawn mower dog scarer.
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Join Tom and Scott as they discuss this: The new Monopoly board is circular, doesn’t have paper money but debit cards instead, and when you pass go you don’t get a measly $200, but $2,000,000 to account for all the inflation and the change in real estate prices since 1935 when Monopoly was first released.
And, we get a great reader submission from Ralff, and his love of the Aliens franchise.
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Join Tom and Scott as they discuss this: When the Ole Miss administration voted to chuck Colonel Reb as the school’s official mascot in 2003, chances are they didn’t have Admiral Ackbar in mind as a replacement.
However, it appears that long after concluding his illustrious military career in Star Wars‘ Rebel Alliance, Ackbar is indeed in the running to be the school’s new sporting symbol.
A group of four students, dubbed the Ole Miss Rebel Alliance, have started a grassroots campaign to re-enlist the legendary Mon Calamari admiral through Notatrap.org — obviously named in tribute to Ackbar’s most famous utterance.
And, we get a great reader submission from Johnny C., about his sneaky email hacking in high school.
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Scott and Tom are pretty excited to announce that they will be hosting a regular Friday evening show on the TWiT Network each and every week, starting in March! Read more after the jump! Read the rest of this entry »
Join Tom and Scott as they discuss this: The Bureau of Missing Socks is the first organization solely devoted to solving the question of what happens to missing single socks. It explores all aspects of the phenomena including the occult, conspiracy theories, and extraterrestrial.
And, we get a great reader submission from Nicole K. about awesome Batman fan films!
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Join Tom and Scott as they discuss this: These are modern fossils. They are made from actual archaic technology that was once cutting-edge. Most of these examples were discovered in the United States, although the various species are represented all over the world. It is sad, but most of these units lived very short lives. Most people attribute the shortened lifespan to aggressive predators or accelerated evolution, but this is not necessarily true. It has been shown recently that the true demise of most of these specimens came from runaway consumerism and wastefulness at the high end of the food chain.
And, we get a great reader submission from Amy E. about her crazy nerd wedding!
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Join Tom and Scott as they discuss this: “L.A.R.P. Live Avatar Role Playing: Portrait of The Na’vi People of Hometree Wisconsin. For inquiries please mail to: hometreewisconsin@gmail.com ”
And, we get a great reader submission from Patrick Johnson about his Current Geek themed car!
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Join Tom and Scott as they discuss this: Steward Butterfield, co-founder of Flickr, has just launched his next act, a web-based multiplayer game called “Glitch.” It sounds a lot like the original game behind Flickr, Game Neverending, full of puzzles, whimsy and warmth (like Stewart). The game’s in private alpha now, but the intro video and Daniel Terdiman’s profiles of the company on CNet are damned exciting.
And, we get a great reader submission from Lexi G about her computer names.
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Join Tom and Scott as they discuss this: The next generation of explorers to walk on the moon or Mars could be called robonauts. They may perform similar scientific tasks to astronauts, but wouldn’t require any of the life support equipment or shelter. The first robonaut could travel to the space station to work side by side with astronauts in the next three years, if plans at NASA come to fruition.
And, we get a great reader submission from David E. (in audio this time!)
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