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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