[tekmate]

from my experience, when science stories that go viral turn out to be wrong it's some secondhand reporting by people misunderstanding or misrepresenting the actual firsthand report

[BurningFrog]

That's definitely also a factor.

[kortilla]

The replication crisis says otherwise.

[dwaltrip]

Both of those phenomenona are common. They aren't mutually exclusive.

[_ea1k]

I tend to agree, and this article is no different. Articles often report the underlying research in misleading ways.