
Autistic people aren’t afraid of genetic research – they are afraid of what scientists might do with it
Most autistic people support genetic research but fear how the findings might be used. Their concerns are becoming harder to dismiss.
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Most autistic people support genetic research but fear how the findings might be used. Their concerns are becoming harder to dismiss.

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Hosting the FIFA World Cup games can prove a propaganda win for authoritarian nations. But the data suggests the tournament favors democracies.

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How to place disabled people, who are some of the most vulnerable, at the centre of climate change negotiations.

Melville was 14 when her father went down with the ship in April 1912.

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The reflecting pool builds on a landscaping tradition of organising nature into orderly lines and geometric shapes. Nature did not always play along.

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