The article is simply glossing over the fact that a lot of "science news" is lies to make it sound like someone just invented the warp drive to sell stories. It

The article is simply glossing over the fact that a lot of "science news" is lies to make it sound like someone just invented the warp drive to sell stories. It's because the education system around us is so bad that if they mentioned half of these things (or heaven forbid basic stats) on the news people would either switch off or decry you as a modern day witch...