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27 April 2012
This article wrongly located David Keith at the University of Calgary. In fact, he is at Harvard University. The text has been changed to reflect this.
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Brumfiel, G. Controversial research: Good science bad science. Nature 484, 432–434 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/484432a
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