1. To salvage democracy in Afghanistan, leaders must make the next election really work.
By Tabish Forugh in Foreign Policy
2. In a U.S. first, New Orleans finds homes for all its homeless veterans.
By Noelle Swan in the Christian Science Monitor
By the United Nations News Centre
4. Science and the media need each other. They just don’t know it yet.
By Louise Lief in the Wilson Quarterly
5. This simple Lego contraption allows scientists to safely handle insects.
By Emily Conover in Science

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