theeconomist:

Tomorrow’s cover today: after decades of searching, physicists have solved one of the mysteries of the universe.

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AMAZING. But what’s with the cover “art”?

Dear Economist,

Next time you need imagery for science news this momentous, please email me. I’ll do you one better than “excited man jumping with papers” stock on top of “crab nebula”. I’m dying to, really.

(via fuckyeahmath)

Most countries are static, all they need to do is keep having babies. But America’s like this big old clanking smoking machine that just lumbers across the landscape scooping up and eating everything in sight.

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