Yes, but look at how few comments there are on those articles, suggesting the story got very little engagement. This is generally a sign of low initial placemen

Yes, but look at how few comments there are on those articles, suggesting the story got very little engagement. This is generally a sign of low initial placement. Unfortunately since we've handed a lot of editorial decisions over to algorithmic curation, relevant stories (eg to a 'science' section) often fail to get the attention they deserve at the time of publication.