Rewriting Life: First Human Embryos Edited in US. Researchers have demonstrated they can efficiently improve the DNA of human embryos

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/608350/first-human-embryos-edited-in-us/?set=608352

In ‘The Retreat of Western Liberalism,’ How Democracy Is Defeating Itself

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/06/19/books/review-retreat-of-western-liberalism-edward-luce.html?referer=

China's two supercomputers still world's fastest as US squeezed out of 3rd place

https://youtu.be/VPDcrXKHpIc

Europe may no longer be able to rely on the US for defense against Russia. Here are its options

https://qz.com/993926/merkel-wants-europe-to-start-fending-for-itself-without-the-us-heres-what-that-looks-like/

9.4 #million #US #women were #married before they turned 16. 11-year-old #girl was #raped, #forced to marry #rapist in #Florida.

https://tribune.com.pk/story/1423594/11-year-old-girl-raped-forced-marry-rapist-florida/

The Kindleberger Trap

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/trump-china-kindleberger-trap-by-joseph-s--nye-2017-01

Forty percent of Fortune 500 companies were founded by immigrants or the children of immigrants

https://hbr.org/2017/05/immigration-is-at-the-heart-of-u-s-competitiveness?utm_campaign=hbr&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

Human capital theory was invented as an ideological #weapon in the Cold War. Now it is helping to Uberise work.

https://aeon.co/essays/how-the-cold-war-led-the-cia-to-promote-human-capital-theory

The Economist talks to the President of the United States about economic policy

http://www.economist.com/Trumptranscript