But science isn't supposed to care about preconceived notions. Science, at least good science, tells us about the world as it is, not as some wish it to be.
Another of our non-winning favorites, this map shows a sample of 76,425 recognized species — just a fraction of the 5 to 100 million estimated life forms in existence.
Officials took pains to show reporters a group of civilians whom they portrayed as volunteers who had flocked to Mr. Qaddafi’s compound to shield him from the attacks.
Its public display and private possession laid the basis for temporal autonomy: people could now coordinate comings and goings without dictation from above.