How to Help Veterans Succeed

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1. To help veterans survive prison — and not return — try making prison more like the military.

By Patricia Murphy at NPR

2. Who’s buying ISIS oil?

By Carole Nakhle at Al Jazeera English

3. This rapid response to gunshot wounds could save lives.

By James Vincent in the Verge

4. Find out why diversity makes you smarter — no matter who you are.

By Sheen S. Levine and David Stark in the New York Times

5. This rocket would comb space gobbling up junk and converting it to fuel.

By the MIT Technology Review

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