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Five Best Ideas of the Day
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April 30, 2020
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Why friends are breaking up over social distancing.
Ashley Fetters in the Atlantic
How the pandemic is creating a plastic bag boom.
Lisa Held in Civil Eats
The coronavirus response has destroyed the myth of Silicon Valley innovation.
David Rotman in MIT Technology Review
Demand for oil may never recover.
Julia Horowitz in CNN Business
Fear of COVID-19 is keeping heart patients out of the emergency room.
Usha Lee McFarling in STAT News
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