Way above my pay grade, Sound waves no longer transverse or perpendicular?

"Way above my pay grade"

Yeah, I would have to agree with you on that.

Key quote from the article:

we demonstrated for the first time that it can be a transverse wave under certain conditions.

Allow me to translate: 

"We did some crazy esoteric experiments no one will find useful for 20 years (if even then), but it was unexpected and we spent a ton of money so cut us some slack, okay?"

The scientists  created transverse sound waves they didn't observe them in nature. So it could be an interesting basis for future research or possibly not. Finding that behavior in nature would have been an amazing discovery but it's still very clever.

@millercarbon you are a putz and a wanker.

You wanna cry? Don't hold it in. Let it out. There, there. Want a hug?

Not from the like of you that is for sure.

@millercarbon that was quite the....