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[โ€“] Zgierwoj@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I have trouble to distinguish whether its some funny phrasing of an actual thing that was done or just a late April fools joke, can someone help me out?

[โ€“] EtnaAtsume@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago

Given the way that science headlines are composed, I'm sure this is, if not an outright lie, then a gross exaggeration, and if neither of those, a very clever interpretation of something that is otherwise probably much more mundane than it appears.