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President Trump has called for a major increase in infrastructure spending, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has suggested that a national infrastructure bank could play a role in solving our transportation woes. For over two decades politicians have toyed with the idea to fund highway and bridge construction. It’s encouraging that our leaders may be fundamentally reassessing how we fund transportation—but in this case, the facts will reveal that an infrastructure bank is not the answer. -- The Hill

As a robust helium compound, “this is really the first that people ever observed,” says chemist Maosheng Miao of California State University, Northridge, who was not involved with the research. -- Science News

Shaolin Warriors Choreographed martial arts battles, acrobatics and more. Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, 12700 Center Court Drive, Cerritos. Valley Performing Arts Center, 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge. Sun., 3 p.m. $38 and up. (818) 677-3000 -- Los Angeles Times

THE ANIMATED ARTS PROMOTER, the brooding actor, the meticulously focused ballet dancer—portrayals of arts leaders might depict them as passionate romantics with little time for the affairs of the world. In reality, arts leaders are emerging from galleries, theaters, and studios and landing in public leadership roles and at policy tables across America, called upon to bring a fresh perspective to important social and economic issues. -- Harvard Kennedy School Magazine