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1. Las Vegas wants to become the Silicon Valley of water innovation. Here’s how.
By T.R. Goldman in Politico Magazine
2. Do we trust big data too much?
By Jesse Dunietz at Nautilus
3. Can the politics of nostalgia explain Donald Trump’s success?
By Gregory Rodriguez in Zócalo Public Square
4. To keep growing, Facebook wants to make the tech that runs the internet cheaper.
By Quentin Hardy and Mike Isaac in the New York Times
5. Your kid’s brain knows exactly how much homework it can take.
By Arun Rath at WGBH
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