Subject: More questions than answers in Pakistan
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Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2017 05:02:31 -0400 (EDT)

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Whatever you think of Nawaz Sharif, the former Pakistani prime minister who stepped down on Friday, the circumstances of his ouster are troubling. Although he left after a Supreme Court ruling, Mihir Sharma says it’s hard not to see the hand of the military behind his dismissal. Meanwhile, the Bloomberg View editorial board fears that the country’s courts have assumed a responsibility that properly belongs to voters — which bodes ill for democracy and for regional stability.

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Computers are already outperforming doctors in some ways (though their bedside manner leaves something to be desired). Faye Flam explains how machine learning could save thousands from deadly drug side effects or otherwise incurable cancers.

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