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Every week, John Horgan takes a puckish, provocative look at breaking science. A former staff writer at Scientific American, he is the author of four books, the most recent of which is The End of ...

“Angry John” was real as well, as more than a few reporters discovered during Horgan’s Opposition days ... of his inner geek in a fondness for science fiction and especially Star Trek ...