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1. Are smartphones degrading our moral values?
By Tom Jacobs in Pacific Standard
2. This is how the latest U.S. airstrikes in Syria could trigger a deeper conflict with Iran.
By Thanassis Cambanis in the Atlantic
3. Instead of beating antibiotic-resistant superbugs, humans might need to learn to live with them.
By Usha Lee McFarling in STAT News
4. With a few home ingredients, this Air Force cadet invented a goo that can stop bullets.
By Tom Roeder at Task and Purpose
5. Science is helping us understand how distraction keeps us from appreciating beauty.
By Ben Panko in Smithsonian
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