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1. 45 years after the Pentagon Papers, how do we keep our billions of secrets safe?
By Sanford J. Ungar in the Washington Post
2. Using stem cells, scientists just made a breakthrough on another ‘incurable’ disease.
By Sarah Knapton in the Telegraph
3. What if PTSD is more than a psychological affliction?
By Robert F. Worth in the New York Times Magazine
4. America’s manufacturing sector has one surprising problem: It’s creating too many jobs.
By Conor Sen in Bloomberg View
5. Are kids learning rudeness from talking to computers?
By Alice Truong in Quartz
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