What is light? Sometimes it's a particle, sometimes a wave.

And sometimes it's an angel, according to an article in the Harvard Lampoon's April Fools' Day 2008 parody of National Geographic magazine.

A diagram (pictured) in the article reveals that flashlights generate light using "mag-lev repulsion magnets" and a tiny embodiment of the Egyptian sun god Ra.

The article's conclusion: "Scientists still have no idea what light is." Or do they?

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