The science you're not allowed to know. . .

Rogue Science, a weapon of mass instruction.

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Fire. Smoke. All that which makes you burn and choke. Build. Create. Or lay waste and desolate. Cure disease. Cause disease. Science can accomplish all of these.

Rogue Science boldly explores the controversial fringes of chemistry by publishing how dangerous chemicals are made. Explosives, propellants, chemical weapons, drugs, pesticides, and poisons all have beneficial uses, as well as harmful ones. Understanding how these chemicals are made can lead to a better understanding of how to protect society and the environment from those who seek to use these chemicals for malevolent purposes.

Rogue Science seeks to inspire scientific literacy by embracing the misunderstood and forbidden, yet fascinating and awe inspiring, fields of chemistry. Science is neither good nor evil, it has no right or wrong, it is only how science is used that morality and ethics become manifest. Chemistry is more than equations and theories, chemistry is about building, creating, concocting, doing. . .

Rogue Science is designed to be understood by amateur scientists, citizen chemists, hobbyists, experimenters, students, and the curious. Professional scientists, soldiers, defense contractors, law enforcement officials, firefighters, paramedics, doctors, and industrial engineers will also find this site to be of great value. You want know-HOW, not know-THAT. You want to build, to create, to design, to manufacture, to MAKE. You want practical knowledge you can sink your teeth into. You want Rogue Science.

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The interminable hiatus is over, Rogue Science thrives once again. Welcome back to the newly redecorated website, replete with a new host that should handle the traffic. I hate to use the phrase "web 2.0," but this is exactly the design philosophy I incorporated into the restored site. All pages have been redesigned from scratch using HTML5 and CSS3 code. There are a few useful Jquery scripts to enhance the site's functionality when pure CSS code can't do the job. Typography is now a key design element of the site, and graphics have been replaced with code as much as I could manage.

Why bother with design when scientific content is all that really matters? Well, by embracing emerging standards and new coding techniques, I am now intimately familiar with developing a much larger and more complicated website. It is now significantly easier for me to add new content to the site because I use this superior code. The content also has increased value for users through my use of microformats, simplified navigation, forms, and Jquery enhancements. Longevity of the site is also boosted using code I know will function for years to come. A strong foundation is necessary to support a superior structure, and Rogue Science is poised to become a mighty tower of knowledge in the barren intellectual desert of the Internet.