Most of the popular public will read that headline and the summaries from others and conclude that scientists have made real progress in creating a real wormhole capable of sending matter through in our universe like in Interstellar or other sci-fi works. That is utter bullshit. Nothing was done here that made *any* progress on that front. Nothing was actually learned other than - yep, the math checks out - but the funding agencies will note the general reaction from the populous who think something actually was learned. In other words, it is a scam on the general public and these kinds of scams do add up to the general public being *deservedly* skeptical when scientists request funds in the future.
Best subtitle of the year.
Most of the popular public will read that headline and the summaries from others and conclude that scientists have made real progress in creating a real wormhole capable of sending matter through in our universe like in Interstellar or other sci-fi works. That is utter bullshit. Nothing was done here that made *any* progress on that front. Nothing was actually learned other than - yep, the math checks out - but the funding agencies will note the general reaction from the populous who think something actually was learned. In other words, it is a scam on the general public and these kinds of scams do add up to the general public being *deservedly* skeptical when scientists request funds in the future.