1. The U.S. wants to hack your phone because it doesn’t have the real spies it needs.
By Patrick G. Eddington at Reuters
2. Eight universities account for half of all history professors in the U.S. How did that happen?
By Joel Warner and Aaron Clauset in Slate
3. Bill Gates is investing in low-tech impact entrepreneurs in India.
By David Bank in Entrepreneur
4. “Liquid biopsy” can detect cancer from a few drops of blood.
By Michael Standaert in MIT Technology Review
5. Let’s build the infrastructure to make microfinance institutions into true innovation hubs.
By Jessica Collier in Medium
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