I adore the simplicity of this cover, found at this piece on art director Ronaldo Alves.
Lithub has the best headline: The novelist who wrote “How to Murder Your Husband” is now on trial for murdering her husband.
After the Huns came the Avars, who ran a shitload of Europe for 250 years and left no written records. A mysterious empire. Now, ancient DNA has provided insight into “one of the largest and most rapid long-distance migrations in ancient human history.”
Via Casual Optimist’s roundup, another cover I like:
“Created by researchers at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, the simulations represent a monumental advancement in simulating the formation of the first galaxies and reionization—the process by which neutral hydrogen atoms in space were transformed into positively charged, or ionized, hydrogen, allowing light to spread throughout the universe.” Full explanation and video at link, but, if they’re right, this is a snapshot of light entering the universe:
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