The truly fascinating concept in the articles linked by Bozos of Bones is that of "reversing the time" to get mirror images. A positron is an electron travelling backwards through time. At the quantum level, it is possible to witness the spontaneous creation of an electron and a positron out of thin air, only to have the two meet again and cancel out each other; in fact, though, this would be an electron stuck in a time loop. [img]graemlins/1dizzy.gif[/img]
What we know as "sound" is just a compression wave moving through matter. As Thoran stated, space is not a perfect vacuum, thus "sound" waves are possible.
The topic currently bouncing around in my head is whether it is possible to change the "curvature" of local space-time to induce an acceleration field (gravity). I know that matter has a "gravity well" that "attracts" other matter, but since matter and energy are the same this effect should be possible by concentrating energy. Basically, inducing an acceleration field is non-Newtonian motion, an action without an equal and opposite reaction. I wish I could say the idea was an original of mine, but I saw a show two weeks ago where this scientist was interviewed (he claimed to work at S4, the most secret area at Groom Lake) and darned if he wasn't talking about a gravitic drive. *sigh* I did find an excellent book on quantum mechanics at Half Price Books which includes a chapter on curvature, so I'll have to get it.
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