Why It’s So Important to Conserve Elephants

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1. Why is it so important to conserve elephants?

By the Economist

2. Millions of documents could be submerged in the Hurricane Harvey floodwaters. Here’s a way to save them.

By Kathleen Phillips at Texas A&M AgriLife Today

3. Scientists may have found a way to reverse memory loss in Alzheimer’s patients.

By Anne Trafton in MIT News

4. America needs a Generation X President.

By Peter Weber in The Week

5. One benefit of the Amazon-Whole Foods merger? Shrinking food deserts.

By Jack Karsten and Darrell West at the Brookings Institution

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