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Discover : "Will Humans Last Another 10,000 Years?"

A: None.

The article in question is about the "Clock of the Long Now," a huge timepiece, still being constructed, that is designed to keep perfect time for 10,000 years. Its creator, Danny Hillis, hopes the clock will inspire humans to take a long view. But nobody in the article even attempts to answer the question on the cover.

Vanity Fair: "Kate Moss: The inside story of the cocaine, the boyfriend, the shattered career. Can she come back?"

A: Yes.

She's on the cover of Vanity Fair. That means she is back. And besides, it's a wonderful excuse to run pictures of Kate nearly naked.

Art News: "Who Are the Great Women Comic-Book Artists?"

A: There are no great women comic book artists.

The article is titled "Why Have There Been No Great Women Comic-Book Artists?," which turns out to be a parody of the title of a 1971 Art News article, "Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?" In the case of comics, the answer is that women "faced overt discrimination" in comics and also had to contend with "a bias against supposedly 'feminine' subject matter and wavering equivocal lines."

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