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Science Literacy Project Daily Digest Science Controversies in the Media ‘Jet fuel didn’t melt the steel’: 9/11 conspiracy theories debunked Popular Mechanics https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/09/11/jet-fuel-didnt-melt-the-steel-9-11-conspiracy-theories-debunked/ SCOTUS refuses to back Catholic mother’s appeal for a childhood vaccine religious exemption EWTN News https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/09/11/scotus-refuses-to-back-catholic-mothers-appeal-for-a-childhood-vaccine-religious-exemption/ The GMO-seed sovereignty debate comes to Nigeria Marcel Mbamalu | Punch https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/09/11/the-gmo-seed-sovereignty-debate-comes-to-nigeria/ Did COVID vaccines kill 2,500 service members? RFK Jr. hires an investigator who compares vaccine promoters to Nazi doctors New York Times https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/09/11/did-covid-vaccines-kill-2500-service-members-rfk-jr-hires-an-investigator-who-compares-vaccine-promoters-to-nazi-doctors/ Facing ridicule, Hegseth rescinds Pentagon’s new testosterone mandates ABC News https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/09/10/facing-ridicule-hegseth-rescinds-pentagons-new-testosterone-mandates/ Chemophobia trap: How the ‘appeal to nature’ fallacy makes ‘clean’ and organic products seem safer—even when they’re not Huffington Post https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/09/10/chemophobia-trap-how-the-appeal-to-nature-fallacy-makes-clean-and-organic-products-seem-safer-even-when-theyre-not/ Flattening culture and cognition: Is AI eroding our singularity? Nature https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/09/10/flattening-culture-and-cognition-is-ai-eroding-our-singularity/ Viewpoint: Cocky but wrong—feeling superior feeds medical and health conspiracy theories Glendale Star https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/09/10/viewpoint-cocky-but-wrong-feeling-superior-feeds-medical-and-health-conspiracy-theories/