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1. Newspapers are ignoring this critical key constituency.
By Sukriti Sharma in Ozy
2. Forget “Best” or “Sincerely.” Want a reply to your email? Close it with gratitude.
By Shana Lebowitz in Business Insider
3. What’s next for autonomous vehicles? Driverless cargo ships.
By Oskar Levander in IEEE.Spectrum
4. To be better citizens, we need ‘religious literacy.’
By Kenneth Primrose at Aeon
5. For coma patients, telemedicine can deliver top-tier care almost anywhere.
By Crystal Ponti in Smithsonian Magazine

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