Projecting the Power of Banana Waste

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1. Here’s how waste from one of the world’s favorite fruits could power growth.

By Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

2. The next battleground for LGBT rights: the United Nations.

By the Economist

3. Is marriage the best defense against alcoholism?

By Anne Dreyfuss at Virginia Commonwealth University

4. Don’t worry about robots. Ex-cons can probably do a better job than you.

By Jordan Yadoo at Bloomberg Benchmark

5. There’s no such thing as a woman’s ‘biological clock.’

By Moira Weigel in the Guardian

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