When I say "I heard about a study that ..."

Here's a fascinating thing I heard the other day. And how I have to incrementally correct myself in retelling it:

I heard about a thing.
I think I heard about a thing.
I remember thinking what I heard about the thing.
I am reporting what I remember thinking what I heard about the thing.
I am reporting earnestly what I remember thinking what I heard about the thing.

The thing is usually some new finding from a scientific investigation:

It was a scientific study.
It was the final results of a scientific study.
It was the final primary result of a scientific study.
It was a media article about the final primary result of a scientific study.
It was the headline of a media article about the final primary result of a scientific study.

The scientist had an idea about a new pattern that seemed to fit with a new explanation for patterns that other scientists couldn't explain.

The scientist gathered some data.
The scientist gathered some data and noted some patterns.
The scientist gathered some data, noted some patterns, and analyzed the patterns statistically.
The scientist gathered some data, noted some patterns, analyzed the patterns statistically, and wrote a report on the multiple, nuanced conclusions one can draw from the analysis.

And this is all when things are done well.