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1. School lunch share tables fight hunger and food waste.
By Melissa Terry in Civil Eats
2. We can’t target terrorists with lasers — yet.
By Patrick Tucker in Defense One
3. Public libraries can be the key to building healthy communities. Here’s how.
By Marcela Cabello and Stuart M. Butler at the Brookings Institution
4. America’s scientists are getting older — and nobody is replacing them.
By Colleen Flaherty in Inside Higher Ed
5. Will artificial intelligence ever replace doctors?
By Siddhartha Mukherjee in the New Yorker

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