Leonie Mercedes

Dec 8, 2024 | psyche.co | Leonie Mercedes

By the time an adult learns they’re autistic, they have often been covering up for years. A period of self-discovery awaitsRealising that you are autistic as an adult can bring about a lot of feelings: relief to finally have answers; anger that it has taken so long; regret about what might have been if you’d known earlier. What also awaits, for many, is confusion. People diagnosed as adults commonly have been masking for most of their lives.

Dec 12, 2023 | newscientist.com | Leonie Mercedes

1. The most common form of aluminium ore, a wild goat, a rectangular array of numbers and radiation with a wavelength of between 0.01 and 10 nanometres. What do each of these have in common, and why was it in the news this year? 2. Four guests are seated for Christmas dinner. One arrived from a German valley, one is good with tools, one is said to be wise and the other has asked for a chair with a sturdy back. One by one, three of them will leave the table. Which will be the last one seated? 3.