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Media Highlights TV • February 12, 2026 

# John F. Early’s upcoming debate, “Is Scientific Progress Best Achieved through Publicly Funded Research Initiatives?”, is promoted on UC Davis’s *Thursday Thoughts*

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##### [John F. Early](/people/john-f-early)

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