Yeah, like I mentioned in a different comment, its pretty likely that this is a pretty neutral and mundane theory being floated around that is pretty minor in the grand scheme, but the guys reporting it have an ax to grind to make something you like and think is cool seem gay and terrible.

That's how basically all "science" news works. The articles are written with an agenda in mind and with clickbait obscuring the actual fucking fact of the article, so the only use for them is to find the link to the original paper and read it instead.

And most of them tuck that link deep in so you can't easily do so, because they know.