This is the kind of science I love!
I've often wondered about some of the SciFi speculations on weird compounds doing stuff we otherwise can't imagine and what we might be missing "because that's impossible" based on accepted science.
As Isaac Asimov is often credited with, it's not "Eureka!" that precedes the best scientific discoveries. It's more likely "That's odd" or "That's funny".
Maybe if we irradiate just the right type of Cheddar Cheese in just the right way with just the right amount and type of radiation, we too can make Cheddite and install an interstellar drive on a Jumbo Jet, or discover that there really is a liquid allotrope of iron to power spaceships :-)
(probably showing my age here, also the age of those who get the references)
Biting the hand that feeds IT
