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Letter: Missing matter

Published 16 October 2013

From Chad McDonald

Robert Adler reported on dark matter (31 August, p 36), and John Darlington hypothesised that “dark aliens” exist and are searching for their missing 15 per cent of matter (21 September, p 31).

I can confirm the existence of these one-footed monsters. The cheeky blighters are recovering their 15 per cent of matter from my laundry basket, one sock at a time.
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia

Issue no. 2939 published 19 October 2013

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