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# Another Look at the Arab-Israeli Stalemate


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**1\.** [**Could a three-state confederation resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict?**](http://wilsonquarterly.com/quarterly/the-post-obama-world/one-way-to-resolve-the-israeli-arab-conflict-a-three-state-confederation/ "undefined")

By Sanford Lakoff in the Wilson Quarterly

**2\.** [**America’s natural history museums are full of undiscovered species.**](http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/02/the-unexplored-marvels-locked-away-in-our-natural-history-museums/459306/ "undefined")

By Ed Yong in the Atlantic

**3\.** [**To be a successful entrepreneur, take fewer risks. (You read that right.)**](http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/02/take-a-big-risk-by-keeping-your-day-job.html "undefined")

By Melissa Dahl in the Science of Us

**4\.** [**Law schools should push students to civic-minded careers. Here’s how.**](https://aeon.co/opinions/law-schools-should-nudge-their-students-into-civic-minded-jobs "undefined")

By Pete Davis in Aeon

**5\.** [**These cars don’t need drivers and they won’t need wires to charge either.**](http://spectrum.ieee.org/cars-that-think/transportation/self-driving/google-wants-its-driverless-cars-to-be-wireless-too "undefined")

By Mark Harris in IEEE Spectrum

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