The reasonable explanation will be offered when the research is published - no researcher has time to sit down and explain every anomalous data point to the pub

The reasonable explanation will be offered when the research is published - no researcher has time to sit down and explain every anomalous data point to the public. It would take much more than 10% of a researcher's time to explain research concepts in a way that would let the public truly understand it. Otherwise they are just giving out meaningless soundbites that will be misinterpreted.