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* ![2017 Time 100 Gala - Dinner](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt38a440c31ed31ad5/69892bf6096a9448486a1f0b/gettyimages-673080332.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 26, 2018  
## [People Are Wearing Purple Today for Epilepsy Awareness Day. Here’s What That Is](https://time.com/5215273/purple-day-epilepsy-awareness-day/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Flora Carr
* ![Stranger danger: There are more than bad words in some malicious Tweets](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte1daadaeb161e3e7/6988b392bc6cfc55bc3dfa01/twitter.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 20, 2016  
## [Can a Tweet Really Trigger a Seizure?](https://time.com/4607811/twitter-seizure-kurt-eichenwald/)  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
by Jeffrey Kluger
* ![sudoku puzzle](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea689a6e2e63aa71/698868d95f570f3432b1de76/sudoku.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 19, 2015  
## [How Sudoku Caused This Man's Seizures](https://time.com/4078049/seizure-sudoku-puzzles/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Mandy Oaklander
* ![Spritam](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9a422d42ad09cde1/69885dd5f887dc66ece91b48/3d-pill.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 4, 2015  
## [U.S. Approves First 3D Printed Pill](https://time.com/3984025/fda-3d-printed-pill/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Tanya Basu
* ![Twitter Goes Public On The New York Stock Exchange](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltba777740c7747fef/69885a75cd68487b930a0c03/gettyimages-1872325121.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 10, 2015  
## [Twitter Pulls Vine Ad After Criticism From Epilepsy Charity](https://time.com/3954149/twitter-ad-epilepsy/)  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)  
by Fortune  
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9322f7a7332235d4/69876219cd68484ae30973d9/potkids_featured.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 4, 2014  
## [One Family's Journey to Get Medical Marijuana for Their Child](https://time.com/3554936/medical-marijuana-kids-pot-kids/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Diane Tsai
* ![Charlotte's Web Stanley Brothers Pot Weed Marijuana Colorado California](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt996485eeb7d40173/6986a6f0e53aba915f4d4c41/charlottes-web-pot-weed-farm-colorado-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 22, 2014  
## [See the Harvest of Colorado's Most Controversial Marijuana Strain](https://time.com/3461860/colorado-marijuana-harvest-photos/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by TIME Photo
* ![Matt Figi, Charlotte Figi](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7efdf62eb0015073/6986a1d93bc99944441a5251/charlotte-figi-marijuana.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 3, 2014  
## [New Study Will Examine Medical Marijuana for Epilepsy](https://time.com/3264691/medical-marijauna-epilepsy-research-charlottes-web-study/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Kate Pickert
* ![Give in, give in, give in to the light...](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt449ca35c136f8f70/698699e2810bbb58f1c926ad/red-light.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 30, 2014  
## [Noninvasive Brain Control Is Real — and That's Good](https://time.com/2940516/brain-control-is-real/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Jeffrey Kluger
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Jun 11, 2014  
## [Service Dog Gets His Own Photo in the Middle School Yearbook](https://time.com/2860417/service-dog-gets-his-own-photo-in-the-middle-school-yearbook/)  
by Samantha Grossman  
* ![A home-grown marijuana plant is seen at an undisclosed location in Israel](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt66597a7baab0de2e/698690741eebf787ed371011/rtx180xx.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 22, 2014  
## [Illinois House Approves Cannabis for Epileptic Kids](https://time.com/108621/illinois-house-approves-medical-cannabis-for-epileptic-kids/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Michelle Arrouas

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