This week we’re presenting some of the most interesting ideas from the past year.
1. How did America fall so far behind on basic scientific research? (From April 29, 2015)
By Michael Hiltzik in the Los Angeles Times
2. The next leader of the U.N. should be a woman. (From March 30, 2015)
By Gillian Sorensen and Jean Krasno in the Washington Post
3. Cuba has a treatment for lung cancer, and now we can get our hands on it. (From May 12, 2015)
By Neel V. Patel in Wired
4. Technology’s greatest gift to social justice is the mobile phone camera. (From April 29, 2015)
By Robinson Meyer in the Atlantic
By Nicholas Weiler in Science Magazine
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