1. In the future, our wifi signal will be 100 times faster and travel on light.
By the Eindhoven University of Technology
2. Are the millions of young men missing from the workforce playing video games?
By Ryan Avent in 1843
3. Children who play outside become adults who work to protect nature.
By Patty Wellborn at the University of British Columbia
4. Your favorite candy bar is responsible for deforestation. Now big chocolate is taking action.
By Chase Purdy in Quartz
5. We’re hard-wired to consume, and it’s hurting the planet.
By Ann-Christine Duhaime in the Harvard Business Review

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