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1. Why the United Nations will launch a space program.
By Daniel Oberhaus in Motherboard
2. Speaking multiple dialects — code-switching — might make you smarter.
By Michael Erard in Aeon
3. Look out middle managers: Excess management is costing American businesses trillions.
By Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini in Harvard Business Review
4. Why faster wireless tech is vital to unlocking the cities of the future.
By Chelsea Collier in Morning Consult
5. How to make high school computer science more inclusive from the ground-up.
By Deborah Farmer Kris at KQED’s MindShift

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