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1. Math says you’re driving wrong, and it’s slowing us all down.
By Matt Simon in Wired
2. Scientists are looking for ways to change our stomach fat so it burns faster.
By Nanyang Technical University
3. This is why American doctors keep doing expensive procedures that don’t work.
By Eric Patashnik at Vox
4. This technology lets veterans ‘hear’ their PTSD — and retake control of their brainwaves.
By Michael Irving at New Atlas
5. To research incurable genetic childhood diseases, scientists are altering pigs to match sick kids.
By Ed Yong in the Atlantic

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