findings

A four-panel comic. Panel 1: A bespectacled man looks alarmed at a paper and asks, "Oh my god, am I reading this right?" A woman scientist replies matter-of-factly, "It's inevitable. In 6 months, a coronal mass ejection will dislodge most of Earth's atmosphere." Panel 2: Close-up of the woman continuing grimly, "We will all die, gasping for air, our empty lungs starving for what can never come." Panel 3: The man, wide-eyed and frantic, demands, "Do you know what this means?!" Panel 4: Labeled "Shortly...", the same man sprints joyfully through a crowd of startled people, arms up, shouting, "Guess who got published in Natuuuuure!" The joke: he's thrilled about the prestigious publication rather than horrified by the impending extinction. Votey: A close-up of the smiling woman, who adds, "Now I can get tenure *before* everyone dies!"