One by one, the disciplines of science have lost their innocence. For chemistry, the defining moment came during World War I, when the Germans unleashed an asphyxiating wall of chlorine gas on French troops. For physics, it was the 1945 obliteration of Hiroshima in a bright flash of nuclear fission. Knowledge brings power, and power can mean new ways to kill.
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Chlorine gas was not considered to be effective enough, so in 1917 the Germans unleashed mustard gas. The French responded with phosgene. You haven't scratched the surface of the horrors of chemical warfare in WWI.
"Scientists have already created a system, called "Braingate", which allows a person to control a cursor with their thoughts alone." WHAAAAT?!!!!!!!