by Jim Stitzel | Mar 16, 2006 | Science
New Scientist Breaking News – Methanol-powered artificial muscles start to flex Notable quote: bq. “One day you could find yourself sitting in a bar next to a humanoid robot, who is taking a shot of vodka to give himself the energy to go to work,”...
by Jim Stitzel | Mar 10, 2006 | Science
“Saturn’s watery moon could harbour life”:http://www.newscientistspace.com/article.ns?id=dn8830&feedId=online-news_rss20 So, Saturn’s little moon Enceladus apparently has liquid water, which naturally has generated quite a lot of buzz in...
by Jim Stitzel | Feb 8, 2006 | Science
One of the coolest things I learned during my psychology master’s program was that your memories are probably stored not just in your brain but throughout your entire nervous system. It was funny to me to consider the idea that I was retrieving a high school...
by Jim Stitzel | Jan 19, 2006 | Writing
I’ve always had an active imagination (though this has not always been a good thing). As a kid I came up with all kinds of scenarios involving outer space, mythical creatures, superheroes, and far-off lands. And being the avid reader that I was, I only further...
by Jim Stitzel | Dec 29, 2005 | General
I continue to be befuddled by those who would claim that absolute truth does not and cannot exist. I am also somewhat bemused by this because I find such individuals cannot remain true to their own arguments and philosophies. Their arguments claim that it is...
