My cartoon for this weekโ€™s @newscientist.com
@tomgauld.bsky.social You know some of the people working at Los Alamos weren't quite sure whether an atomic bomb wouldn't set the atmosphere on fire if detonated before they set the first one off at the Trinity site on the Jornado del Muerte or The Dead Man's Journey.

@tomgauld.bsky.social Reminds me of that Frederic Brown short story:

> He turned to face the machine. โ€œIs there a God?โ€
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> The mighty voice answered without hesitation, without the clicking of single relay.
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> โ€œYes, now there is a God.โ€
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> Sudden fear flashed on the face of Dwar Ev. He leaped to grab the switch.
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> A bolt of lightning from the cloudless sky struck him down and fused the switch shut.