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Asperger’s, Overdiagnosed, Ill Defined, May Not Be a Syndrome Much Longer

Overdiagnosed and ill defined, the syndrome seems headed for psychiatry’s scrap heap.

Woody Harrelson not cheered by Reddit

An 'Ask Me Anything' session turns into 15 minutes of pain as the actor only wants to talk about his movie, and Redditors want to talk about whose virginity he may have taken in high school. Read this blog post by Chris Matyszczyk on Technically Incorrect.

Our Amorphophallus is smaller: New plant species from Madagascar smells like roadkill

The famed 'corpse flower' plant – known for its giant size, rotten-meat odor and phallic shape – has a new, smaller relative: A University of Utah botanist discovered a new species of Amorphophallus that is one-fourth as tall but just as stinky.

The threat to a fair election

Republican Super PACs and outside groups pose a brutal threat to a fair election in November. These groups are already spending millions of dollars on negative ads attacking President Obama.

Microsoft, 24/7 Want To Better Serve Your Customers

In a world envisioned by a partnership between Microsoft and 24/7 Inc. announced on Tuesday, you'll someday receive a text message that your flight has been canceled, call a customer service number and be able to view flight options on your tablet as you discuss rebooking your travel with the customer service agent on the other end of the line. It seems pretty basic, considering all that we're capable of doing in tech. But as anyone who has been put on hold for tech support, received a robo-call about suspicious activity on their credit card, or tried to deal with...

'Oldest living thing on earth' discovered - Telegraph

Ancient patches of a giant seagrass in the Mediterranean Sea are now
considered the oldest living organism on Earth after scientists dated them
as up to 200,000 years old.

22 Classic Board Game Commercials Are More Fun Than Their Games

Two days later and we still have Super Bowl (commercial) fever. We've been on YouTube for days feeding our hunger for awesome Super Bowl ads new and old. And as we traveled further down the rabbit hole, we stumbled across some wonderfully over-the-top commercials from the '80s and early '90s--most of them promoting the SUCKIEST board games ever.

Occupy Portland march ends in standoff, multiple arrests

The protest, against what it termed acts of “police brutality,” shut down streets and prompted vandalism in an area centered near Southeast Belmont Street.

Democrats to continue Internet coup with new cyber bill

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, following a recent anti-piracy legislative debacle with SOPA and PIPA, will lead his second effort of 2012 to push Internet-regulating legislation, this time in the

Climate change denial’s new offensive

Global warming is wreaking devastation, but Big Oil won't give up profits without a planet-destroying fight

Bush says he'd pull the trigger on auto bailouts again

President George W. Bush recently spoke to a gathering of auto dealers in Las Vegas, saying that while he believes in the free market under normal conditions, he doesn't regret the $700 billion bailout fund used to rescue General Motors and Chrysler from the brink of collapse.

NC State Engineers Boost Computer Processor Performance By Over 20%

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new technique that allows graphics processing units (GPUs) and central processing units (CPUs) on a single chip to collaborate – boosting processor performance by an average of more than 20 percent.

Last surviving veteran of First World War dies aged 110

Florence Green, the world's last surviving First World War veteran has died,
marking the end of an era in British history.

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