Here are some things that do not mix, in no particular order:

  1. Spilled gasoline & casually discarded matches
  2. Peanut butter & mayonnaise/ketchup/mustard/anything not jelly
  3. Godzilla & any major metropolitan area
  4. Highly toxic airborne pathogens & TORNADOES

With that last one in mind, it may seem especially strange that the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility is being moved from an isolated end of Long Island to Manhattan, Kan. — squarely in the middle of Tornado Alley. Here’s the scoop from Slate:

Read moreWhy are we building a research center full of deadly diseases in the tornado capital of the world??