Sunday, August 1, 2010

Teleportation...how close are we to having it?
"Quantum entanglement" may sound like an awful sci-fi romance flick, but it's actually a phenomenon that physicists say may someday lead to the ability to teleport an object all the way across the galaxy instantly.  It's not exactly the Star Trek version of teleportation, where an object disappears then reappears somewhere else. Rather, it "entangles" two different atoms so that one atom inherits the properties of another.

Full article: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128910996&sc=fb&cc=fp

Historic Spruce Lane Farmhouse in Oakville, Ontario may be haunted
Steve Genier sat in a wooden chair at the parlour tea table, steps away from where nearly 80 years ago Henry Breckon’s body lay prepped for burial.  The air was still and hot. The house was silent, the room dark. Genier waited, alone, for something to happen.  Then he felt it. A tug — an unmistakable playful pull — on his left shoulder.

Full article: http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/842839--spruce-lane-farmhouse-after-dark

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