How GPS Is Weakening Our Power to Navigate

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1. GPS and Google Maps are weakening our power to navigate.

By Roger McKinlay in Nature

2. Over a 401K match, younger employees choose student loan repayment help.

By Beth Braverman in the Fiscal Times

3. Should the U.S. walk away from the Middle East?

By Andrew Bacevich in Politico

4. Yes, a face-to-face conversation can reduce bigotry.

By John Bohannon in Science

5. Police want to end distracted driving with the ‘textalyzer.’

By David Kravets in Ars Technica

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