Why It Feels Like Food Is Taking Over Our Lives

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1. Here’s why it feels like food is taking over our lives.

By Virginia Postrel in Bloomberg View

2. As we face a robotics revolution, is it time to reconsider the Luddites?

By Michael J. Coren in Quartz

3. Sepsis can kill a child within hours. Here’s how hospitals are fighting back.

By Charlotte Huff in STAT News

4. This blood test can spot cancer recurrence a year early.

By Hannah Devlin in the Guardian

5. This is why your car should have a sense of hearing.

By Tom Simonite at MIT Technology Review

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