Why Microsoft Wants to Hire Coders with Autism

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1. Why does Microsoft want to hire coders with autism?

By Vauhini Vara in Fast Company

2. Here’s why no one has built a better EpiPen.

By Meghana Keshavan in STAT

3. Facebook needs an editor.

By Jeff Jarvis in Medium

4. With a little plastic woven in, this shirt could make air conditioning obsolete.

By Tom Abate at Stanford University News

5. We need a new partner in space. Let’s try China.

By the Editors of Bloomberg View

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