My father was brought up in an orphanage in the Catskills. He was a factory worker. And because his family wasn't there for him family was everything. We could disagree inside the house but outside the house it was us against the world. So when I became a drag actor he looked sideways but said okay.
Science coverage could be improved by the recognition that science is timeless and therefore science stories should not need to be pegged to an item in the news.