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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Not to mention that "news" is basically the product that they are selling. If they are short on news or the news insn't good enough, it affects their image which in turn will affect future funding.
Scientists will sometimes hype up even the mundane for this reason.
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Actually, they are likely extremely excited about the most mundane because they have devoted a large chunk of the last decade on their particular facet of this mission.
If you were ever in a University Lab setting you could see the excitement in a Professor at the most minuscule discovery.