1. The world turns to the U.S. military when disaster strikes. Let’s be ready.
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2. Could do-it-yourself medical testing save your life?
By Lori Miller Kase in Aeon
3. Here’s one thing African nations can do to spark their economies.
By Evans Wadongo in Quartz
4. A downside of America’s rising creative class? The end of retirement.
By Nico Lang in the Kernel
5. Students get grades at the end of the year. Why don’t textbooks?
By Thomas J. Kane at the Brookings Institution
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