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1. Robots will have plenty of work to do at the Winter Olympics.
By Michael Koziol in IEEE Spectrum
2. Why are we born with baby fat?
By Morgan K. Hoke in Sapiens
3. California wanted to bridge the digital divide but left rural areas behind. Now that’s changing.
By Jazmine Ulloa in the Los Angeles Times
4. Hourly workers aren’t disposable. Here’s how to engage and retain them.
By Kimberly Gilsdorf, Fay Hanleybrown and Dashell Laryea in the Harvard Business Review
5. The rest of the world doesn’t want our used clothes.
By Adam Minter in Bloomberg View
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