While there are a number of things that have been on my mind recently, this one just jumped to the fore with sufficent energy that I am forced to create this, my first post of 2006. Slashdot runs any number of silly articles on the latest scientific results from the far corners of the net. But this one struck me as different. The original post entitled "Warp Engines In Development?" referred to a less-than informative article in the Scotsman about an award presented by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics for a paper presented at their annual conference. Digging a little deeper, I found a copy of the complete article, which originally appeared in New Scientist. The paper turns out to have been based on the work of a little-known recently deceased german scientist, Burkhard Heim. Without repeating everything in the articles I've linked to here, suffice to say I'm somehow encouraged by the continued interest in Heim and his work. Encouraged that there may be a future for us after all.