Oh come on, this story again? This is great news for physics PhDs and the NIF machine is cool as hell, but it’s research to keep the US’s doomsday devices up t

Oh come on, this story again? This is great news for physics PhDs and the NIF machine is cool as hell, but it’s research to keep the US’s doomsday devices up to date. This does very little to stave off the other doomsday threat before us and nothing to justify the breathless reportage that it’s getting.