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Community newsletter: Sexual prejudice; formation of synapses; convergence of genes | Spectrum | Autism Research News

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Illustration by Laurene Boglio Three new autism research threads drew a slew of congratulatory tweets this week. Let’s dive in! A 16-part thread, by Alessandro Gozzi, a senior scientist at the Italian Institute of Technology in Rovereto, Italy, describes a mechanism behind the sex bias in autism, featured in a preprint his team published on …

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NASA report details dark period in American history but finds no direct evidence Webb fired people for their sexual orientation

NASA report details dark period in American history but finds no direct evidence Webb fired people for their sexual orientation

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NASA has announced the release of the James Webb History Report, a document detailing their investigation of the Next Generation Space Telescope’s namesake which headed into space on December 25, 2021. Months before its launch, the observatory was the subject of controversy when it was revealed that Webb was involved in the so-called “Lavender Scare”. …

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