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1. A global competition could prime the pump for development of disease-fighting treatments.
By James Surowiecki in New Yorker
By Kevin Bullis at the MIT Technology Review
3. Youth-targeted networks are leading a surge in LGBT-friendly television programming.
By Joanna Robinson in Vanity Fair
By Daniela Hernandez in Kaiser Health News
5. The climate change movement desperately needs diversity and corporate leadership.
By Caitlin Colegrove in conversation with M. Sanjayan in the Aspen Idea
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