Bacteria in Your Gut Might Hold the Secret to Athletic Performance

1. Bacteria in your gut might hold the secret to athletic performance.

By David Ferry in Outside

2. Here’s how a late rent check can harm the health of parents and kids.

By Candace Butera in Pacific Standard

3. This flexible, high-capacity, rechargable battery could be the key to better use of renewable energy.

By David L. Chandler in MIT News

4. Could a global groundswell against corruption make leaders honest again?

By the editors of the Christian Science Monitor

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