1. Could we treat gun violence as a treatable contagion?
By Sanjay Gupta in CNN
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3. Meet a fashion startup that helps at-risk women get a better life.
By Leo Lutero in PSFK
4. Time to abolish Columbus Day.
By Bill Bigelow in the Huffington Post
5. Here’s how mushrooms — yes, mushrooms — will make a better battery.
By Sean Nealon at the University of California Riverside

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