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In the context of a news headline the decision to use the word "mysterious" and "detected" obviously implies a different kind of significance than the inherent mystery in all things. Other comments in this thread already bring up science fiction movies and other radiation-related disasters, I don't think OP is that much out on a limb here.

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I think that is projection too. Mysterious can mean exciting, unknown, and curious.

Why does this bother people? it isn't like the article is inducing mass hysteria.

The article itself vacillates.

> we've seen this phenomenon before

> I said, 'Wow, this is something really new'

> it's unsurprising

> Even so [...] what they saw surprised them.

I mean that's nerdy scientists for you, they get so into their thing it's kind of disgusting. I watched a documentary about volcanos once, it had a husband and wife team, they were just enthusing endlessly about their particular volcano that they were studying and it really turned me off. This was about 20 years ago and as a result I still hate vulcanologists, they totally overdid the sales pitch.

I can only assume you are sarcastic about your hate for scientists that love their work.

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