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Revamped 'anti-science' education bills in United States find success

Legislation urges educators to ‘teach the controversy’ and allows citizens to challenge curricula.

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Ross, E. Revamped 'anti-science' education bills in United States find success. Nature (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2017.21986

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