How Pigeons Can Help Drones Fly Better

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1. Our best drone can’t out-fly a pigeon. Here’s how engineers want to change that.

By Bjorn Carey at Stanford University

2. No, America isn’t going broke.

By Noah Smith in Bloomberg View

3. America is facing a trucker shortage. Meet the immigrants filling the gap.

By Saul Gonzalez at PRI’s the World

4. What’s better than having a mentor? Having a network of virtual mentors.

By Bala Iyer and Wendy Murphy in the Harvard Business Review

5. The vehicle of the future isn’t an electric car.

By Damon Beres in Huffington Post

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