These are today's best ideas
1. This is the reason your password will get hacked.
By HelpNetSecurity
2. Baltimore schools are using classroom meditation — and it’s reducing detentions.
By James Gaines in UpWorthy
3. Used coffee grounds can help get the lead out of contaminated water.
By Jennifer Ouellette in Gizmodo
4. Practice doesn’t make perfect.
By Maria Konnikova in the New Yorker
5. How librarians are the quiet force behind our information future.
By Ian Collins in Zócalo Public Square
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