Nautis Project

Codex Sinaiticus Goes Online

2009-07-07T11:40:13Z

Codex Sinaiticus is one of the most important books in the world. Handwritten well over 1600 years ago, the manuscript contains the Christian Bible in Greek, including the oldest complete copy of the New Testament. Its heavily corrected text is of outstanding importance for the history of the Bible and the manuscript – the oldest [...]

Two Quite Different Meanings

2009-06-05T02:47:15Z

Standing in a car dealership waiting room this afternoon, I heard a guy say something amazing. Before I tell you what he said I have to tell you that I read to the news. I listen to the news. I love the news. I enjoy the news so much that I love the opinion pages [...]

The Journal of Scientific Exploration

2009-05-31T21:20:23Z

The Journal of Scientific Exploration (JSE) has just made their archive available online for free. If you have a chance, I would browse the entire archive. In the meantime, here are some interesting selections from Rupert’s work: Experiment Effects in Scientific Research: How Widely Are They Neglected? by R Sheldrake Abstract: A survey of recent papers published [...]

100 More Unskippable Songs

2009-05-22T04:51:29Z

(I Could Only) Whisper Your Name by Harry Connick, Jr. on She (Reach Up for the) Sunrise by Duran Duran on Astronaut …Vista by Guadalcanal Diary on Flip-Flop A Love So Beautiful by Roy Orbison on The Essential Roy Orbison A Million Miles Away by The Plimsouls on Everywhere At Once Ain’t Got No Home by Clarence “Frogman” Henry on The Best of Clarence “Frogman” Henry Always Something There to Remind Me by Naked Eyes on Promises, Promises: The Very Best of Naked Eyes Angel by Shaggy on Hot Shot Are You Gonna Be [...]

Religious (Mis)Understandings

2009-06-01T02:52:44Z

Religions are predicated on some profound or miraculous event that requires blind faith to believe in. From an objective point of view, these events are usually quite incredible and sometimes sound plain silly. Did you know that… Christians believe that Jesus was born to a virgin mother and that the universe was created in 6 days Mormons [...]

Calling Dr. House

2009-06-01T02:52:11Z

There’s bird flu, swine flu, ragweed, nosebleed, chicken pox, monkey pox, endometriosis, osteoporosis, Lyme disease, ticks and fleas, viral gels, adipose cells, meningitis, acute gastritis, amyloidosis, aleukocytosis, Munchausen by proxy, drugs that begin with oxy, intubation, litigation, rehydration, isolation, severe anemia, acute leukemia, rocky mountain spotted fever, Cryptococcus neoformans beaver, Vicodin, fill it again, autoimmune, [...]

Electrical Energy Storage

2009-05-22T01:23:28Z

Every few weeks I meet up with a group to brainstorm ideas that we can send to the White House as concerned citizens. We are currently discussing energy policy and energy storage – batteries in particular. Battery technology has not changed much in the past 200 years. In fact, our model for the chemical battery [...]

Far Across the Universe

2009-05-22T01:25:17Z

“There are those who believe that life here began out there, far across the universe, with tribes of humans who may have been the forefathers of the Egyptians, or the Toltecs, or the Mayans. Some believe that there may yet be brothers of man who even now fight to survive somewhere beyond the heavens…” – [...]

Carl Jung In a Box

2009-05-22T03:17:11Z

Like you, my life is very busy and I don’t always have the time I need to address my acute schizophrenia personal issues, so I often just talk to my personal therapist, Carl Jung. Sure, he may have died 40 years ago, but that doesn’t mean you can’t commune with him directly through the new [...]