The Question posed on LinkedIn.

“What makes science newsworthy?”

My comment:

For specialists: a new discovery or confirmed hypothesis. Eg inflation marker, fine details of element 117.

For the couch scientist & inquiring minds: anything written well enough to be interesting.
Eg practical uses of graphene, quantum mechanics, “Cosmos”, Neanderthals vs Cromags.

For the non scientist: discoveries and developments that have the potential to affect them directly. Eg faster car, climate change, room temp super conductors, fusion power.