America Should Replace Stoplights With Roundabouts

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1. Should America replace stoplights with roundabouts?

By Tracy Moran in Ozy

2. Let the U.S. military’s live weapons ranges and training grounds double as wildlife preserves.

By Shreya Dasgupta in Pacific Standard

3. Chocolate with 40% less sugar could save millions of lives. Is it too good to be true?

By Thomas Mulier in Bloomberg

4. Bad information travels fast. This algorithm will sort the good from the bad on the social web.

By Ricardo Bilton at Nieman Lab

5. Forget the American dream. Many in Central America are chasing the Mexican dream.

By Kate Linthicum in the Los Angeles Times

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