I want all those things too. It's just that precision in language and clarity in presentation aid discussion -- which is, or should be, completely uncontroversial. That's why most scientists spend ages in papers defining every term, or why notation is such a pain when scientists don't make the effort to be clear on their meaning. Moreover, if you aren't clear, then misunderstandings can arise, and the discussion is hindered rather than helped. Again, this is uncontroversial. What do you mean by x, or y? If I don't know, and if you don't explain it, how does anyone learn from what you are saying?
In this case there's a separate problem, which is that people could be forgiven for confusing scientific positions with positions of faith, when they are not remotely comparable, or at least ought not to be. The phrase "Scientists believe" puts the claims in the article on the same level as religious belief -- all the more so when it turns out that the claim in the headline has equivalent status currently to Russell's Teapot.
It's imprecise, and it's regrettable, to present science in such a woolly way. And it does have consequences, too. Distrust in expert scientists stems partly from a flawed impression that Science as a discipline can be a matter of faith rather than of evidence.
I completely agree that discussion can be tricky if you don't speak the language -- but then, isn't that why people take the trouble to *learn* languages? Science is no different, nor should it be.