Spiders Overshare, Women’s Autism Is Underdiagnosed, and Earth’s in a New Epoch
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Some spiders live in colonies with thousands of neighbors and share themselves to death. Autism in women is often misunderstood and undiagnosed, but new campaigns and research may help. Plus, Earth may have entered a new geological epoch due to human intervention.
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