Charles Thaxton earned a “D” in high school biology and was about to fail chemistry. After a semester of staring at a chalkboard full of gibberish, he still couldn’t balance an equation. And then, the night before the final exam, it all became clear to him in a dream. Literally. He slept, his mother prayed, and he woke up able to balance equations. That dream catalyzed a reaction, as it were, that ultimately altered the course of origin-of-life science.
Thaxton became a first-class scientist and a bit of a troublemaker for the establishment. He asked questions few others dared — like
