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1. Why is cheap broadband a good idea? Ask someone looking for a job.
By Dwyer Gunn in Pacific Standard
2. Russia wants the UK to leave the European Union. Find out why.
By Ben Judah in the Independent
3. Here’s how California defeated America’s paralyzing partisanship.
By Sherry Bebitch Jeffe and Douglas Jeffe in Reuters
4. Teaching kids philosophy makes them better students.
By Chris Weller at Tech Insider
5. With this bionic fingertip, amputees can regain their sense of touch.
By Hillary Sanctuary at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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