Who wouldn’t love an easy explanation for autism, the heartbreaking brain disorder whose rates have been rising sharply and mysteriously over the past 30 years? History has served up many possibilities, beginning with a now discredited theory put forward by psychologist Bruno Bettelheim, who famously attributed the condition to uncaring “refrigerator moms.” Today autism is thought to involve a genetic vulnerability that’s triggered by an unknown X factor, or factors, in the environment
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‘The Wish and Will of the People Are Not Stoppable’
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VA Care for U.S. Military Female Veterans Still Lacking
Shiloh Morrison spent two months as a truck gunner in Iraq before transferring to Kuwait in 2007 to work at the mortuary that takes in every U.S.
The Alabama Tornado: An Eyewitness Account from Tuscaloosa
As the sky grew darker and the winds reached furious levels, my family and I huddled in our small laundry room, watching on my laptop a local television station broadcast images of the tornado bearing down on us. By way of a camera on top of the county courthouse, we saw the massive twister cut a path of destruction through the middle of Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Wrong Purchase? Why Shoppers Can’t Stop Buying
When you splurge on designer shoes for your spouse this holiday season, you should double-check that they go with the rest of her wardrobe. Because if they don’t, says a new study, she likely won’t send you back to the store to return them
Amortality: Why It’s No Longer Necessary to Act Your Age
If one place on earth has vanquished nature and stopped the clocks, it is Las Vegas. Built on land without water or any reliable resource apart from the blazing sun, the resort entombs visitors in the permanent, cool, jangling dusk of hotel casinos.
The Workplace: Is Mr. Nice Guy Back?
Good management is largely a matter of love.
Kevin O’Leary, TV’s ‘Shark Tank’ Guru: In Real Life, No Business Whiz
Kevin O’Leary stars on ABC’s new business reality show Shark Tank as one of five executives who vet business ideas pitched by would-be entrepreneurs. O’Leary often delivers the harshest of the business critiques
The Battle Over Music Piracy
When Amazon.com announced its plan to open a digital music store to sell MP3s, you had to really work to get excited about it.
Health: Stress and the College Grad
The Latin class you took freshman year may lack real-world usefulness, but researchers think graduates may pick up a different kind of skill in college: stress management. A study in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior suggests that highly educated adults handle daily stress better than their less educated counterparts