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My Lifelong Struggle With Asperger's Syndrome
Matthew Rozsa in Public Health 5 months ago
I'm writing this article because Adam Lanza, the mass murderer who killed 26 people at Sandy Hook Elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, has been reported to have had Asperger's Syndrome.
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Ray Kurzweil: Artificial Intelligence Will Save Humans From Ourselves
Ray Kurzweil in Climate Change 3 weeks ago
I am now at Google as Director of Engineering to help develop smarter AI and environmentally-friendly energy technologies to address climate change and solve the grand challenges of humanity.
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Earth Day 2013: Superstorms and Megadroughts Will Be the New Normal in Your Lifetime
Bill McKibben in Climate Change 1 month ago
The average PolicyMic reader is 26, which means you have 60 years or so left on this earth. Which means you’re screwed.
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Yes, Size Does Matter
Andrea Ayres-Deets in Health 1 month ago
Really, a team of scientists have finally answered the age-old question.
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A New Big Bang Theory is Just One of 5 Recent Science Discoveries You Missed
Jenna Spitzer in Medicine 9 months ago
Overshadowed by the excitement surrounding NASA’s Curiosity rover on Mars, these are the stories that slipped under the radar.
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ADHD is a Societal Disorder, and Adderall Abuse Harms Those Who Suffer From It
Felicia A. Reid in Health 11 months ago
I once dropped an Advil in the library, and my classmate asked, "Oh my God, is that Ritalin? I'll buy it off you! Any price." I couldn't help but question academia's measure of success.
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Higgs Boson Finally Discovered, and It's Glorious
Andrea Ayres-Deets in Physics 2 months ago
CERN confirmed on Thursday that the particle discovered by the Large Hardon Collider last year is, in fact, the Higgs Boson. What does this mean for the future of science?
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