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1. Let’s make intensive care less terrifying.
By Liz Kowalczyk in the Boston Globe
2. Could splitting up Syria end their civil war?
By Louis Charbonneau at Reuters
3. If we made fresh produce 30% cheaper, the U.S. could save 200,000 lives.
By Clare Leschin-Hoar in NPR’s The Salt
4. Forget bifocals. These eyeglasses will come with autofocus.
By Rachel Metz in the MIT Technology Review
5. End the opportunity monopoly.
By Eric Liu in the Atlantic

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