“That’s an intriguing idea. Your STEM background shows through.” “My studies were in nuclear energy, which is why I like nuclear bombs. I’ve got a good feeling about them.” Allen laughed. “I almost forgot: It’s ridiculous to discuss issues like this with a Wallfacer.” The two men laughed, but Rey Diaz quickly grew serious and said, “Dr. Allen, like

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To be fair, I don’t think they can “clean up their community”, given that their preferred area of HBD research can only pretty much only have negative outcomes for society as a whole.

I mean “means of manufacturing and distributing poison gas in urban spaces” might be an area of research, but I’m going guess that anyone who spends their time deeply ... See more

Immediately after World War II, and after my grandparents had already left, German scientists arrived in Huntsville as part of Operation Paperclip. First the scientists built ballistic missiles and other weapons. Later they worked on establishing NASA. The leader among them was a rocket scientist named Wernher von Braun. A Nazi, he was a master of

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Thomas Gold was a professor of astrophysics at Cornell University and one of the most interesting scientists of the 20th century. He had a notable penchant for diving into completely new fields and developing hypotheses utterly at odds with the scientific consensus of the day. His many achievements include correcting the understanding of how the hu... See more