1. Read and write with your kids. It pays long-term dividends.
By Kim Eckart at the University of Washington
2. Could we engineer the atmosphere to prevent future hurricanes?
By Jolene Creighton in Futurism
3. Do big data companies have too much power?
By Jathan Sadowski in the Guardian
4. We’re going to need more lithium.
By Jessica Shankleman, Tom Biesheuvel, Joe Ryan, and Dave Merrill at Bloomberg Businessweek
5. Video games could strengthen aging brains.
By Anna Vlasits in Wired
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