How Hurricanes Help Fight Climate Change

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1. Find out why we need hurricanes to fight climate change.

By Ken Kingery at the Duke University Pratt School of Engineering

2. Can feminism fight becoming a marketing ploy?

By Sarah Jaffe in the New Republic

3. What’s the biggest obstacle for self-driving cars? America’s shabby roads.

By Alexandria Sage in Reuters

4. How can blind people navigate the ocean of digital content? This entrepreneur has a plan.

By Meghna Rao in Tech In Asia

5. Move over, offshore wind power. Here comes offshore solar.

By Kelly Hodgkins in Digital Trends

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