This image ran in the paper with a book review on "Bonk: The curious coupling of science and sex." When we picked this story for the Large Print Weekly, the graphics editor didn't get it and vetoed it in favor of a stock photo.
Turned out to be a good call on her part — there was a crap-pile of letters from readers who were completely confused and chemistry nerds who were outraged at the graphic designer's ignorance of the fact that the above is totally implausible as a proper organic molecule.
Oh, and the molecule? If you can't see it (I couldn't at first), it spells a word. With three letters in it.
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