I don’t know, given p-hacking and reproducibility problems, science “journalism” that tends to report the results of single experiments as confirmed findings, and pay-gating of research behind for-profit journals, the scientific establishment does have some credibility challenges atm.

It is pretty dark. There's even a cute beagle picture in a graph. Apparently beagles are the preferred model animal for radiation studies going back to the 1950's.

I don't even have a problem with it necessarily, but they should probably use pigs. Nobody cares about pigs.

Pigs are actually great pets. They've been domesticated practically as long as dogs

Truth. Had pigs for a time as a kid. When people spend quality time with them, pigs respond.

They like people.

I lived on a farm for a year as a kid. The owner was missing an ear and always made sure to remind me to keep all body parts outside the hog pen.

But that's a waste of bacon!

Then you do a controlled blind study on extending the lifespans of humans eating bacon from irradiated pigs. Wastage stopped, science advanced, lifespans extended (maybe).