These are today's best ideas
1. China is on track to fully phase out paper money.
By Jamie Fullerton in Motherboard
By Bob Tedeschi in STAT
3. To understand the future of climate change, look at the Arctic today.
By Pablo Valerio in Cities of the Future
4. Too many Americans can’t afford to retire. We can fix that.
By Debra B. Whitman at HuffPost
5. Can globalization survive a future filled with hacking and malware?
By Jeff Spross in the Week
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