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• AP African-American Studies Curriculum Made Public (1) AP African-American Studies Curriculum Made Public
  
• A “psychological vaccine”: Why prebunking is the best way to fight misinformation (1) A “psychological vaccine”: Why prebunking is the best way to fight misinformation
  
• Call for submissions: ISSI 2023 Call for Papers - informetric and scientometric (2) Call for submissions: ISSI 2023 Call for Papers - informetric and scientometric
  
• Catastrophic Funding Cuts in Scientific Research – Can Blockchain Be the Solution? (2) Catastrophic Funding Cuts in Scientific Research – Can Blockchain Be the Solution?
  
• China now publishes more high-quality science than any other nation – should the US be worried? (1) China now publishes more high-quality science than any other nation – should the US be worried?
  
• China Protests Break Out as Covid Cases Surge and Lockdowns Persist (1) China Protests Break Out as Covid Cases Surge and Lockdowns Persist
  
• FDA to permit some retail pharmacies to dispense abortion pills (1) FDA to permit some retail pharmacies to dispense abortion pills
  
• Knowledge overconfidence is associated with anti-consensus views on controversial scientific issues (3) Knowledge overconfidence is associated with anti-consensus views on controversial scientific issues
  
• Nearly $53 Billion in Federal Funding Could Revive the U.S. Computer Chip Industry (1) Nearly $53 Billion in Federal Funding Could Revive the U.S. Computer Chip Industry
  
• New York City Will Hospitalize More Mentally Ill People Involuntarily (1) New York City Will Hospitalize More Mentally Ill People Involuntarily
  
• NIH launches intramural bioengineering center to foster technology collaboration across the agency (1) NIH launches intramural bioengineering center to foster technology collaboration across the agency
  
• Now in charge, House Republicans launch flurry of investigations (1) Now in charge, House Republicans launch flurry of investigations
  
• OSTP Issues Guidance to Make Federally Funded Research Freely Available Without Delay (1) OSTP Issues Guidance to Make Federally Funded Research Freely Available Without Delay
  
• paying for climate change (1) paying for climate change
  
• Pollution and health impacts. Poverty? (2) Pollution and health impacts. Poverty?
  
• Science Communication for Societal Impact (1) Science Communication for Societal Impact
  
• Submit a science policy abstract by Aug. 3 to AGU's Fall Meeting (1) Submit a science policy abstract by Aug. 3 to AGU's Fall Meeting
  
• The driving forces behind the success of Beijing and Shanghai (1) The driving forces behind the success of Beijing and Shanghai
  
• The four bases of anti-science beliefs—and what to do about them (1) The four bases of anti-science beliefs—and what to do about them
  
• The passage of the U.S. CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 (2) The passage of the U.S. CHIPS and Science Act of 2022
  
• U.S. Congress boosts spending on earmarks to universities (1) U.S. Congress boosts spending on earmarks to universities