Our title is not the one used by this article:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/29/us-science-nova-chile-idUSKCN0Q314920150729?
The Reuters title is "Lithium find in exploding star could help solve astronomy puzzle."
My point is the skew to presenting the physical sciences in a particular light. Why NOT present the gaps in our ignorance more boldly in articles popularizing scientific progress?
We quote from the article:
":If we imagine the history of the chemical evolution of the Milky Way as a big jigsaw, then lithium from novae was one of the most important and puzzling missing pieces..."
Actually this article is fairly fair compared to many I read. So the fact they say---lithium from novae was one of the most important and puzzling missing pieces... supports my point. In fact, the lithium quantities still are a mystery, as the end of the article makes clear. And what if our progress is not just filling in empty pre-shaped spots in a grid? What if what we don't know defines the whole puzzle?
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