[Senator Bedfellow]

A headline. From the media. Hopefully you're not this credulous with the New York Times. Notice that none of the scientists in the article use the "P" word?

[bvw]

Speaks to use of term, in context of science by people who daily work with science, for the editors of the US and European journals both work daily with science reporting, and even specialize in it.

Scientist Sasson is quoted as saying "scientific proof", btw. In a subhead, still is appears to be direct quote.