1. Protecting whistleblowers protects national security.
By Mike German at the Brennan Center for Justice
2. Could we treat pain by switching off the region of the brain controlling that feeling?
By the University of Oxford
3. Small businesses are booming in China, and it might save their economy.
By Steven Butler and Ben Halder in Ozy
By Jonathan M. Gitlin in Ars Technica
5. We might feel better about driving electric cars, but they’re still not good for the environment.
By Bobby Magill in Quartz
The Aspen Institute is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C.
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