The BBC are reporting that a study involving allegedly haunted vaults under South Bridge (oh, and also some palace or other in London) has found evidence of clustering in reported experiences similar to hauntings. What they don't say is what people were apparently experiencing. Given that those vaults have been empty for most of their history, I do ( Read more... )

Artificial gravity. Popular in SF, but not practically possible, right? Well, according to this paper (found via a /. link) ESA scientists believe they have created a force of one ten-thousandth of 1G using a spinning superconducting ring ( Read more... )

http://www.livejournal.com/users/improb/184983.html

Oh, and also to this piece on being an asantaist(thanks to reddragdiva) :

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/11/15/12016/649