1. The internet’s biggest companies just quietly changed how the web works.
By Adrianne Jeffries in the Outline
2. A new nuclear arms race is taking shape between Washington and Moscow. Is Russia in the lead?
By Patrick Tucker in Defense One
3. By watching grownups, babies can learn that hard work pays off.
By Anne Trafton at MIT News
4. Americans have given up on public schools. That’s a mistake.
By Erika Christakis in the Atlantic
5. There’s new hope for women who thought they’d hit a dead end with IVF.
By Stephen S. Hall in the Cut

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