John von Neumann stands as a towering figure in the annals of 20th-century science, distinguished by his profound ...

Underwater bases off the California coast; UFOs shutting down nuclear missiles; a girl who can read minds; orbs in the desert ...

Roald Sagdeev has already watched one scientific empire rot from the inside. When Sagdeev began his career, in 1955, science in the Soviet Union was nearing its apex. At the Kurchatov Institute in ...