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1. Improve your commute with apps that talk to traffic lights.

By Kristen Hall-Geisler in JSTOR Daily

2. If you grow up poor, your college degree is worth a little less.

By Brad Hershbein at the Brookings Institution

3. We need better presidential debates.

By Robert Rosenkranz and John Donvan in the Wall Street Journal

4. In the near future, the Army might 3D-print the right drone for the job, right on the battlefield.

By Nicky Cappella in the Stack

5. If we reframe the data, autoimmune disease is a bigger public health crisis than cancer and heart disease combined.

By Bonnie Feldman in Tincture

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