10,000 Roman Objects From London

A recent article on the Guardian.co.uk website purports that "Archaeologists find 10,000 objects from Roman London." Read more here!

How to Survive a Gorilla Charge

A recent National Geographic video on YouTube explains "How to Survive a Gorilla Charge." Enjoy!

sQuba, an Underwater Car

The Rinspeed sQuba purports to be the first underwater car.  Now if you add them to your tabletop roleplaying setting, you can no longer claim it is science fiction.  Read more here!

Footwear in your Setting

Sometimes it is simply enough to mention that a character in a tabletop roleplaying setting is either wearing shoes or boots, and sometimes more detail can be useful.  Are they hard boots that can withstand a snake bite or spike through the sole?  Are they light shoes, even slippers, that make hardly a sound when walking and sneaking?  There was a recent article on news.discovery.com that showed some 2,000 year old shoes and also includes a number of sketches of sandals from that time.  See and read more here!

Boomslang vs. Chameleon

Some time ago, the National Geographic YouTube channel featured a video showing a "Boomslang vs. Chameleon."   Enjoy!

Along on the Ice: Douglas Mawson's Survival Legacy

It's been one hundred years, but the survival story of David Mawson, a contemporary Antarctic explorer of Amundsen and Scott, is being revived in a 20 minute National Geographic video.  Enjoy!

Spiders as Big as your Face

As if the spiders we had on record weren't disturbing enough, according to metro.co.uk, in Sri Lanka they have discovered some news one that are rather more so.  See more here!