Not good enough
Geoffrey Pullum at Language Log has a (well-founded) gripe about headline writers and science articles.
Headline writing about any involved topic is difficult; there are often too many ins and outs and what-have-yous to capture the nuances in five words or less. But that's no excuse for being wrong.
It's better to be right than interesting.
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A fair gripe, but what's this "headline desk"?
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