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bonzini 6 hours ago

"The average person probably only knows the formulas for olivine and one or two feldspars" (https://xkcd.com/2501)

moffkalast 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

And quartz of course.

robwwilliams 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Perfect! I read this “heart-warming” overview of two papers in Science and learned zero about why this is of any significance. The discovery is significant but I had to probe Opus 4.6 to find out why.

The personal focus is a distraction. It would be great if science writers could focus on the science and significance of the advance.