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[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah, the article mentioned they had a sample size of 500 but not everyone that volunteered completed the experiment, as it was during Covid so they had to send the materials out and rely on “citizen scientists.” A pretty precarious way of conducting a scientific study.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

That does explain all those rockets exploding on the launch pads.