There was something spectral about the sight of the old bridge at Mostar - as though the normal laws of the physical universe did not apply to it.

BBC: The new Mostar bridge

The distribution of normal matter in the early universe (380, 000 years after everything began, which was 13 billion years ago) was worked out a few years ago by looking at the background of microwaves left over from that early epoch.

ECONOMIST: Astronomy

And a big chunk of pay goes to normal employees, not masters of the universe.

ECONOMIST: Banks and bonuses