I recently began reading up on Quantum Theory (not by any means an expert) and was pretty blown away by what I was reading. An article in Science and Technology (this is the fact part) was discussing how virtual particles "are constantly popping in and out of existence" and reminded me of an Isaac Asimov book called "The Gods Themselves". In the book (this is the fiction part), a fictional scientist accidently discovers an "electron pump" which utilizes particles entering and leaving an alternative universe to generate cheap, efficient power.

Can you sing in gravitational waves?. I bet you can't - that's why the universe is better than you. Some folks, namely Craig Hogan of the University of Washington want to use the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory or NASA’s proposed Laser Interferometer Space Antenna to detect fluctuations in gravitational waves caused by galaxy sized, vibrating loops of energy. These giant loops are a theoretically possible according to one String Theory. The loops are narrow tubes of energy stretched across vast distances by the expansion of the universe.

I read this interesting piece about the physics of the movie, Buckaroo Bonzai. Carl Sneider of Berkley speaks authoritatively about the subject of the Theoretical Physics involved in the movie, and how such things may actually be possible. Namely the physics involved in faster than light travel in Buckaroo Bonzai are an Oscilation-Overthruster and the 8th dimension. The article provides more information about both ideas and is well worth reading.