I think I've learned there's not much you can do. My advisor and I talked to two reporters: one from MIT News (https://newsoffice.mit.edu/2015/how-language-giv

I think I've learned there's not much you can do. My advisor and I talked to two reporters: one from MIT News (https://newsoffice.mit.edu/2015/how-language-gives-your-brain-break-0803 https://newsoffice.mit.edu/2015/how-language-gives-your-brai...) and one from Science Magazine (http://news.sciencemag.org/social-sciences/2015/08/all-languages-have-evolved-have-common http://news.sciencemag.org/social-sciences/2015/08/all-langu...). They both communicated with us about all kinds of details in the articles, and let us comment on the drafts. We clearly stated what we did and didn't want to claim, and they did a good job conveying what we wanted while adding extra connections we hadn't thought of for popular appeal. On the other hand, we had no contact with anyone about the Ars Technica article. I've also seen some other articles cropping up that are copying the original articles, and making claims I wouldn't stand by. I don't think there's anything we can do about that.