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1. Technology’s greatest gift to social justice is the mobile phone camera.
By Robinson Meyer in the Atlantic
2. How did America fall so far behind on basic scientific research?
By Michael Hiltzik in the Los Angeles Times
3. The U.S. needs a drone oversight board.
By David Medine and Eliza Sweren-Becker in Defense One
4. Here’s how citizen scientists discovered five new supernovas.
By Calla Cofield in Space.com
5. U.S. CEOs are eager to do business in Iran — but they’re not alone.
By Barbara Slavin in Al-Monitor
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