How Air Conditioning Made Us Productive — But Lazy

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1. What air conditioning tells us about innovation — and laziness.

By Ernie Smith in Tedium

2. Scientists are building a cyborg-insect to sniff out bombs.

By Beth Miller at Washington University in St. Louis

3. Can we re-wire convicts to stay out of jail?

By Jack Bush at NPR

4. How to reinvent high school with neuroscience and human-centered design.

By Patrick Cook-Deegan in the Stanford Social Innovation Review

5. What if the terrorists are already here?

By Uri Friedman in the Atlantic

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