Bacteria in Your Gut Might Hold the Secret to Athletic Performance

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1. Bacteria in your gut might hold the secret to athletic performance.

By David Ferry in Outside

2. Here’s how a late rent check can harm the health of parents and kids.

By Candace Butera in Pacific Standard

3. This flexible, high-capacity, rechargable battery could be the key to better use of renewable energy.

By David L. Chandler in MIT News

4. Could a global groundswell against corruption make leaders honest again?

By the editors of the Christian Science Monitor

5. Emergency rooms can help solve the opioid crisis.

By Virginia Pelley in Bright

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