But first, it looks like these two wars show signs of someday reaching a conclusion: It has been 692 days since the Hamas attacked Israel.  Finally,  Hamas offered a 60-day cease fire proposal .  Israel is considering what to do. Since Russia's current invasion of Ukraine 908 days ago, apparently Donald Trump's peace-seeking efforts appear to be working.  The White House today announced that  Putin has agreed to meet with Zelenskyy . To continue my nostalgic series on war and peace, I return to a familiar topic for most.   Last  week  I wrote about a bomb no one has yet invented, the anti-matter bomb.     Watch this video .  Today, the Hydrogen Bomb. Say you were on  Who Wants to be a Millionaire , and this question appears:  Who invented the Hydrogen Bomb? Edward Teller. Andrei Sakhrov. J. Robert Oppenheimer. Richard Garwin. Most would say Teller, with some leaning towards Andrei Sakharov, for he is considered...

Wednesday is my sci-tech day.  With the recent passage of   Richard Garwin,   I'll assess where we are today on the Hydrogen Bomb, for he was the individual who was in charge of building the first one in 1951, at the age of 23.  Yes, he lived to be 97. My only link to nuclear energy is that I twice worked under Edward Teller at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.  But this was in the 1970's, and for half a century I haven't done much in this field.  In any case, at LLNL I was with the laser fusion program.  Teller was not only the father of the Hydrogen Bomb, he also was director of this lab, where  John Nuckols  had developed a process to use a laser to produce fusion for power. Teller came to Hawaii in the 70's, proposing a bank of wind turbines at the top of the Koolaus.  This was so long ago that Google can't find that photo, which was on the front page of one of the local newspapers.  While there, I joined him and Momok...

The Russian War in Ukraine has re-aroused the fear of a nuclear holocaust.  The closest humanity has been to extinction was the prospect of a similar horror through much of the Cold War.  Two J. Robert Oppenheimer productions will shake you out of your comfort zone.  It's actually worse because he is only the Father of the Atomic Bomb.  He had a feud with Edward Teller, Father of the Hydrogen Bomb. MSNBC had a documentary last night:   To End All War:  Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb , featuring a number of comments by Christopher Nolan, whose film,  Oppenheimer , will be released on July 21.  This movie is rated R and will be 3 hours long, with a glowing cast:  Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer, Emily Blunt as his wife, Matt Damon as General Leslie Groves, who ran the Manhattan Project, Robert Downey, who eventually became Oppie's nemesis, Kenneth Branagh, Florence Puch, as O's girlfriend/mistress, Gary Oldman, Josh Hartnett, Rami...