Black Athletes Can Teach Us More than Just Sports

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1. Black athletes can teach us about more than just sports.

By Andre Perry in the Hechinger Report

2. In Japan, struggling local farmers are building joint-use solar and mushroom farms.

By Adele Peters in Fast Company

3. Can’t get to the gym? Any activity — vacuuming, scrubbing the floor — will protect your heart.

By the Telegraph

4. Make sure you’re in a good mood for your flu vaccine this fall. It’ll work better.

By the University of Nottingham

5. Child abuse rewires the brain of survivors.

By McGill University

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