How to Feed 9 Billion People

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1. Here’s how we feed nine billion people. And why.

By Madeleine K. Albright in the Aspen Journal of Ideas

2. Hate your bank? With an open banking platform, developers could build better financial institutions.

By Noel Peatfield at Open Source

3. There’s an upside to war-torn heritage sites.

By the University of Leicester

4. Americans are trading the ballot box for the mailbox.

By Sean Green and Kyle Ueyama at the Pew Charitable Trusts

5. Could a knee brace power an artificial heart?

By Mike Williams at Rice University

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