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by inimino 1479 days ago
It's not just the title:

> When combined with gallium, the platinum becomes soluble. In other words, it melts,

That's not what that word means, and the audience for this article probably knows the difference between "melt" and "dissolve". They could just describe the research as it actually is instead of trying to make it sound like something more amazing to get clicks.

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> the audience for this article probably knows the difference between "melt" and "dissolveā€

Not if they watched The Wizard of Oz as children.