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Why the Third World War Will Be About Water

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1. “The third world war will be about water.”

By Amrita Gupta in Policy Innovations from the Carnegie Council

2. We are privatizing children’s playtime.

By Malcolm Harris in Pacific Standard

3. Is there an upside to nepotism?

By Sean Braswell in Ozy

4. This app opens the doors to air traffic control — for drones.

By Sean Gallagher at Ars Technica

5. Yes, it’s possible to forget a bad memory.

By Cari Romm in the Science of Us

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