Faster than Light Travel and a Burning Mouse of Vengeance

Ok. So the two aren't related really but I just thought I'd share something interesting and maybe slightly humorous if in a bit of a twisted way.

FTL (Faster than Light): http://news.scotsman.com/scitech.cfm?id=16902006

Excerpt: AN EXTRAORDINARY "hyperspace" engine that could make interstellar space travel a reality by flying into other dimensions is being investigated by the United States government.

The hypothetical device, which has been outlined in principle but is based on a controversial theory about the fabric of the universe, could potentially allow a spacecraft to travel to Mars in three hours and journey to a star 11 light years away in just 80 days, according to a report in today's New Scientist magazine.

The theoretical engine works by creating an intense magnetic field that, according to ideas first developed by the late scientist Burkhard Heim in the 1950s, would produce a gravitational field and result in thrust for a spacecraft.

Comments: Wow. Crazy stuff! I sure hope it works! I wonder how much power we would need for this thing and if there might be some wierd crazy side effects? Speaking of power, I do hope that fusion reactor actually works -I think France won the bid to have it built in their country.



Of Mice and Vengeance: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060109/ap_on_fe_st/mouse_fire

Excerpt: FORT SUMNER, N.M. - A mouse got its revenge against a homeowner who tried to dispose of it in a pile of burning leaves. The blazing creature ran back to the man's house and set it on fire.

Comments: Well damn. I remember hearing stories about mice running back to the buildings they came from when released but this one... Wow. Just... wow.