1. You might be swallowing your next fitness tracker.
By Anne Trafton at MIT News
2. This app connects refugees with local families for a shared meal.
By Alexandra Ma in the World Post
3. The antibiotic of last resort has met its match. We need new cures.
By Madhumita Murgia in the Telegraph
4. Want to store clean energy? This 1890s method beats batteries.
By John Roach in Yale Environment 360
5. Here’s why Africa needs more women teachers.
By Alia Wong in the Atlantic

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