Scientists may have worked out a way to turn people autistic, then turn them back.

Reports i09:

Need to finish that work project, and wish you had the mental intensity to do it? Just take a synapse-regulating inhibitor, induce temporary autism, and you’ll want to ignore your friends and do nothing but number-crunching for days. Autism-inducers could become as popular as Provigil among the geek set by 2020. Last night, in fact, a group German researchers announced they’d perfected the method for inducing autism. (They can also cure it.)

Don’t let the bosses know about this or they’ll be putting this medication into our morning coffee!

Let’s hope that the research into autism creates a cure that will work.

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I hope you’re not suffering from a hangover after a fun-filled New Years Eve party.

If you are, the Wall Street Journal has an interesting post — Anatomy of a Hangover — that might help you to avoid suffering as much next year (or next time out).

One tip — try vodka instead of bourbon.

The old claim that dark-colored liquors such as whiskey are more likely to cause hangovers than clear liquors such as vodka does seem to be true. One study found that 33% of patients given bourbon had a severe hangover compared with 3% given a comparable amount of vodka.

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