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1. Young adult novels can help your kid learn to say no.
By Neda Ulaby at NPR
2. When is cultural appropriation of food racist?
By Cathy Erway in Civil Eats
3. This portable on-demand pill production system could save lives and money.
By Anne Trafton in MIT News
4. There’s nothing wrong with introverts.
By Joanna Pocock in JSTOR Daily
5. How did bedbugs make a comeback? Air travel and evolution.
By Brad Plumer in Vox
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