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February 13, 2020
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Air pollution doesn’t respect state borders.
Jim Daley in Scientific American
Surging Pentagon spending won’t make America safer.
William D. Hartung and Ben Freeman in Defense One
A flickering light pattern may spur the brain to fight Alzheimer’s.
Ben Brumfield at Georgia Tech University
There are downsides to trying to appear ethical.
Shoham Choshen-Hillel, Eugene M. Caruso and Alex Shaw at the Harvard Business Review
A new solar-powered desalination approach will help fight the world’s water crisis.
David L. Chandler in MIT News
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