The actual paper is Open Access and linked at the bottom of the article. After a cursory read (I can't read it thoroughly, there is far too much story telling

The actual paper is Open Access and linked at the bottom of the article. After a cursory read (I can't read it thoroughly, there is far too much story telling in both the "introduction" and "discussion" sections), I suspect this is merely an artifact of bad statistics combined with Munchhausens Statistical Grid.