Unlike many other similar outlets, New Yorker editors generally don't try to write a bunch about science that they don't understand (because why should they? th

Unlike many other similar outlets, New Yorker editors generally don't try to write a bunch about science that they don't understand (because why should they? they're trained to be write). If you want to understand the exact science behind it, your source should be a journal or actual scientist, not an editorial content house.