Brandon Zimmerman

For Brandon, the proof came quietly, months after Capitol Hill.

He gave a routine update to a group at the lab who had no natural reason to care about his corner of the work.

Somewhere out there is a person two miles down the road from a lab, driving past the fence, wondering what happens inside.

And in three minutes, a scientist can explain it.

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