Unfortunately "science" news is incredibly unreliable these days due to all the half assed studies or just plain bad ones that get published and taken for fact. Not to mention how politics has infected what were once reputable publishers. This makes it very difficult for normal people to figure out what's good, credible science, and what isn't.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/04/arts/academic-journals-hoax.html

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/new-sokal-hoax/572212/