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1. We’re still not ready for the next banking crisis.
By Mark Whitehouse at Bloomberg View
2. Is America tearing itself apart?
By Robin Wright at the New Yorker
3. Researchers accidentally discovered a way to get kids to grow up to be voters.
By Lily Carollo in the Science of Us
4. Could we bridge the manufacturing skills gap with augmented reality?
By Jack Karsten and Darrell M. West at the Brookings Institution
5. This lab is trying to measure America’s mood and health through social media.
By Rowan Jacobsen in Outside
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