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1. Why isn’t homelessness a national crisis?
By Alyssa Walker in Curbed
2. This NFL season, more than 250 players suffered on-field concussions. Here’s what that looks like.
By Josh Begley in Field of Vision
By Eillie Anzilotti in Fast Company
4. In the future, dentists won’t bother filling cavities. They’ll just teach your teeth to regrow.
By Ferris Jabr in Scientific American
5. To address our deepening climate crisis, environmentalists might have to accept some ugly tradeoffs.
By David Roberts in Vox
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