Chemistry professor Dawn Riegner had a literal blast during her pandemic downtime, as she recreated gunpowder recipes and helped a friend studying medieval weapons.
In the early days of the pandemic, Dawn Riegner, a chemist at an elite college, found she had time on her hands because of the empty classrooms. So she filled her downtime with an explosive diversion.
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