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1. If humans want to travel to other planets, we’ll need to learn how to hibernate.
By Evan Ackerman in IEEE Spectrum
2. Can the New York Times and Google save commenting on the Internet?
By Benjamin Mullin at Poynter
By Emily Matchar in Smithsonian
4. Same-day payment is a key factor for survival in the gig economy.
By Ellen Huet in Bloomberg Technology
5. Want to boost your pain threshold? Watch a sad movie.
By Emily Underwood in Science Magazine
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