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1. Go ahead and start a new career in your fifties. It’s easier than you think.
By Donna Rosato in Money
2. This is what sex-ed would look like if it took place entirely on social media.
By Kate Hakala in Mic
3. Here’s why the FDA doesn’t really know what’s in our food.
By Erin Quinn and Chris Young at the Center for Public Integrity
4. What critical resource helps the sharing economy make billions? People trusting people.
By the editorial board of the Christian Science Monitor
5. Could a continent-wide CDC for Africa stop the next Ebola outbreak?
By Jim Burress at National Public Radio
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