Since this is being upvoted on hacker news, I'm assuming this is more than the typical BS filled science journalism. But I wish there were a site that allowed

Since this is being upvoted on hacker news, I'm assuming this is more than the typical BS filled science journalism. But I wish there were a site that allowed individuals respected in a similar field to have a disproportionate weight when upvoting articles like this. Or perhaps they could give a summary of the context surrounding the article. It'd be nice to get a sense of the magnitude of these discoveries. Given that this is coming directly from a university, I don't doubt that it is important. I'd just like to know how important.