These are today's best ideas
1. Welcome to your local library, which also happens to be a newsroom.
By David Beard at Poynter
2. Humankind has reached its peak — in height, lifespan and physical fitness.
By Amanda Onion in Newsweek
3. Robots will transform fast food — and that might not be a bad thing.
By Alana Semuels in the Atlantic
4. With a simple test, patients with anxiety can learn whether drugs or talk therapy will work better.
By the University of Illinois
By John Manganaro in PlanSponsor
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