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Two nations divided by a common purpose

Plans to replicate Britain's Science Media Centre in the United States are fraught with danger, warns Colin Macilwain.

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Macilwain, C. Two nations divided by a common purpose. Nature 483, 247 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/483247a

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