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1. To get people out of their cars, let’s dump drive-throughs.
By Emily Badger in the Washington Post
2. Indonesia is a global powerhouse in the waiting. So why aren’t they throwing their weight around?
By Vikram Nehru in the National Interest
3. Maybe to survive, Twitter needs to aim lower.
By Farhad Manjoo in the New York Times
4. The most dangerous time for kids with asthma might be school breaks at home.
By the University of Texas at Austin
5. Why build a windfarm when you can harvest wind energy from trees?
By Michael Byrne in Motherboard
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