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1. The food we waste could feed millions.
By Lizzie Dearden in the Independent
2. How a genetically-modified herpes virus ‘cures’ skin cancer.
By Sarah Knapton in the Telegraph
3. Who provides most of America’s mental health care? Our prisons.
By Newt Gingrich and Van Jones in CNN
4. This ‘smart apartment’ will monitor the activity, mobility and even blood pressure of its residents.
By Traci Peterson in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram
5. Movies make the best journalism.
By Richard Gehr in the Columbia Journalism Review
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