Enrico Fermi (1901-1954 ... project to develop an atomic bomb. Fermi's task, however, was to create a controlled nuclear reaction; that is, to split the atom without creating a deadly explosion.

This contradiction is known as the Fermi Paradox, first proposed by physicist Enrico Fermi in 1950. Humanity has been around for just 200,000 years, and we've been listening for possible radio ...