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1. How did the GMO foods debate get so emotional?
By Helena Bottemiller and David Festa at the Aspen Ideas Festival
2. The sound of your voice may diagnose disease.
By Rebecca Robbins in Stat News
3. Until there is broadband in every home, everything else is a stopgap.
By David Cohen and Jessica Rosenworcel at the Aspen Ideas Festival
4. Exercise changes much more than our body.
By Brad Stulberg in the Science of Us
5. To help students, foreign aid should support private schooling, not private schools.
By Jishnu Das at the Brookings Institution
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