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1. Sorry billionaires. We’re not moving to Mars.
By Manu Saadia in Fusion
2. For decades, the government steered millions away from whole milk. Was that wrong?
By Peter Whoriskey in the Washington Post
3. Our brains are “outsourcing” memories to our devices.
By Sean Coughlan at BBC News
4. Why do millions of Americans spend years stuck working for minimum wage?
By Ben Casselman in FiveThirtyEight
5. Is peer pressure the missing ingredient for making MOOCs work?
By Amy Ahearn at EdSurge
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