Kathryn Klar (linguist, from Berkeley) and Terry Jones (anthropologist, from Cal Poly St Louis Obispo) produced an intriguing piece of research that shows that the canoe of the Chumash (South California) may have originated in Polynesia.
Renee notes that its “political incorrectness” slowed this article in getting to print. Grrr. Silly anthropologists (ok, that was just ghost baiting).
Speaking of baiting, here’s a photo of a satanic tomato that Neil Gaiman found in his garden. I shudder to contemplate the fate of the human race if we ever succeed in giving tomatoes super-powers(*). 
* – It’s a silly joke about where I work.