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1. Could fasting unlock a diabetes cure?
By James Gallagher at the BBC
2. Make the House of Representatives more democratic — by making it much bigger.
By David Faris in the Week
3. Promising vaccines against Zika are ready for testing. Now we wait for the next outbreak.
By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez at Kaiser Health News
4. To bring back lost low-skilled jobs, here’s a better plan than protectionism.
By Alexander Hitch at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs
5. This is a smart way to keep the pressure on Iran.
By Michael J. Morell in the Cipher Brief

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