1. Clumps of cells in the lab spontaneously formed brain waves (science)

2. Nudging Doesn’t Scale Nationally: Repeated text message, email and mail reminders from a state’s college system and the Common Application did not prompt more students to apply for FAFSA, a study finds. (economics)

Not really a big a surprise, is it? Remember this failure?

3. Could expanding access to contraception improve economic outcomes? (health, economics, PBS)

4. Privacy is power (privacy, Aeon)

Bonus: What Makes Guernica So Shocking? An Animated Video Explores the Impact of Picasso’s Monumental Anti-War Mural