Elon Musk has spent the last few years not just throwing tantrums on social media, but also fostering links with China, dabbling in artificial intelligence, getting embroiled in a major global conflict with no end in sight. Photograph: Todd Anderson/The New York Times If you find yourself in the right place on the right night in August each year, the Perseid meteor shower is an awesome sight. There is something humbling about knowing that this firework display is caused by a trail of dust the Swift-Tuttle comet released in 68 BC. It has been described as “the single most dangerous...