Why We Should Send Our Kids Outside to Play

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1. It’s springtime. Let the kids go out and play. It could make them better students.

By Livia Gershon in JSTOR Daily

2. Stop complaining. It’s killing you.

By Jessica Stillman in Inc

3. Fading social trust is making it harder to keep cities safe.

By Kristin Ljungkvist at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs

4. Doctors might use GMO maggots to heal stubborn wounds.

By Mick Kulikowski at North Carolina State University

5. Access to birth control is a political football. This app is trying to change that.

By Amy Kraft at CBS News

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