The attempt to modify gravity seems to have fallen at the first hurdle. (newscientist.com)
Although Ferreira works on theories of modified gravity, he is careful to note that the new paper does not advocate for those theories» correctness over the prevailing model. (scientificamerican.com)
But, as with the preference for WIMPs over axions and sterile neutrinos, some physicists suspect the widespread distaste for modified gravity is at least partially due to the sociology of scientists rather than the scientific process itself. (scientificamerican.com)