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Confronting Misinformation

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 323 Issue 5This article was originally published with the title “Confronting Misinformation” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 323 No. 5 (), p. 28
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1120-28