Ancient Roman Board Games, Dangers of Cloning, and Colbert's Tolkien Movie

Flinders University have worked with a team of researchers to model an ancient Roman board game and find out how it would have been played. Cloning is not the secret to immortality we thought it might be. Repeated cloning leads to increased mutations and eventually sterility, preventing the clones from reproducing further. Stephen Colbert has announced that he is advising on a new Lord of the Rings movie about the Hobbits in their old age. It's rare to see such a turbo nerd working on a project like this. *** We enjoyed a nice drink of Rez which you can get a 10% discount when you type NERDS at the checkout from the Rez website at *** Resources Mentioned Finders Uni discovers an ancient game ( AI sheds light on an ancient gaming mystery – News , Ludus Coriovalli: using artificial intelligence-driven simulations to identify rules for an ancient board game | Antiquity | Cambridge Core ) Serial Cloning and its Dangers ( Limitations of serial cloning in mammals | Nature Communications ) A New Lord of the Rings movie….yay ( Colbert to co‑write new ‘Lord of the Rings’ film after late-night show ends | Reuters , Stephen Colbert Set to Adapt Next 'Lord of the Rings' Movie ) Full Show Notes : *** If you'd like to be featured on the show, send us an email: Nerds.Amalgamated@gmail.com

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Ancient Roman Board Games, Dangers of Cloning, and Colbert's Tolkien Movie is an episode from Nerds Amalgamated by Zane C Weber.

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This episode was published on Mar 31, 2026.

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