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1. Here’s how teachers can make sure quiet kids don’t get left behind.
By Elissa Nadworny at KQED’s MindShift
2. We’re in a war — between people who want to divide the world and people who don’t.
By William Saletan in Slate
3. Beyond the moral cost, civilian casualties of war have enormous strategic consequences.
By Rachel Reid at the Open Society Foundations
4. The era of lethal police robots has arrived.
By David A. Graham in the Atlantic
5. Marijuana might hold a weapon against Alzheimer’s disease.
By the Salk Institute

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