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1. Beefing up airport security won’t make us safer.
By Sheldon H. Jacobson in Quartz
2. Will the next president be too damaged to lead?
By Ron Faucheux in RealClearPolitics
3. Here’s how to make surgery safer anywhere in the world.
By Mike Williams at Rice University
4. Free trade won’t magically fix Cuba.
By Jeff Spross in the Week
5. Imagine managing diabetes with a simple skin patch.
By Michael Torrice in Chemical and Engineering News

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