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> But the headline? If you search for Theia right now, you get the same headline and story propagated across a number of publications who syndicate their scien
by xattt 3y ago
> But the headline?
If you search for Theia right now, you get the same headline and story propagated across a number of publications who syndicate their science news.
It appears that it takes one person placed in a position of power (writing headlines) to screw this all up.
- roywiggins 3y agoThe headline here is from a press release, so the culprit here is the university press office.
- ChainOfFools 3y agorelevant as ever: The Science News Cycle https://phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1174 https://phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1174 Uni PR office at 2 o'clock
- kergonath 3y agoThey screw up fairly regularly, unfortunately. Vulgarisation and scientific news for normal people are a shit show, between incompetents journalists and hype-chasing universities.