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Author and illustrator Rebecca Burgess has announced a new graphic novel about Autism, aimed at 8-12 year olds. She definitely seems to have a history of writing well rated books about neurodiversities, so this should be good for helping children learn about Autism.Operation Chicken Drumstick sounds like a name for a sneaky run to KFC, but it's actually a Chinese police sting against a major hacker group with millions of dollars in assets, including luxury cars. We're in the wrong line of work. But these ones got caught, and we aren't tough enough for jail, so maybe not.Kirigami is an ancient Japanese art of cutting and folding paper, and scientists have worked out how to use it to create nano scale parts for robots. The secret? Very small scissors.An Autistic themed Graphic Novel- https://bleedingcool.com/comics/speak-up-a-new-autistic-themed-graphic-novel-by-rebecca-burgess/Operation Chicken Drumstick- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-02/video-game-cheat-uncovered-china-chicken-drumstick-tencent/100043804- https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56579449Newest application of Kirigami : 3D Nanostructure- htps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210402095932.htm- https://news.psu.edu/story/652729/2021/03/30/research/kirigami-style-fabrication-may-enable-new-3d-nanostructures- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e9HTcG_L8Q&feature=youtu.beNerdful thingsDJ- Among Us - https://store.steampowered.com/app/945360/Among_Us/Rating: 4/5 Professor- Ravenfield - https://store.steampowered.com/app/636480/Ravenfield/Rating: 3.75/5Other topics discussedPrince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh, has died- https://news.sky.com/story/the-duke-of-edinburgh-prince-philip-has-died-12270325Prince Philip pranking The Queen by dressing as a Palace Guard.- https://www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmile/comments/mnh2sb/prince_philip_pranking_the_queen_by_dressing_as_a/Blue Bottle Mystery An Asperger Adventure by: Kathy Hoopmann- https://www.booktopia.com.au/blue-bottle-mystery-kathy-hoopmann/book/9781853029783.htmlThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (a 2003 mystery novel by British writer Mark Haddon. Its title refers to an observation by the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes in Arthur Conan Doyle's 1892 short story "The Adventure of Silver Blaze". Although Christopher's condition is not stated, the book's blurb refers to Asperger syndrome, high-functioning autism, or savant syndrome.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Curious_Incident_of_the_Dog_in_the_Night-Timei am sam (a 2001 American drama/melodrama film co-written and directed by Jessie Nelson, and starring Sean Penn as a father with an intellectual disability, Dakota Fanning as his bright and inquisitive daughter, and Michelle Pfeiffer as his lawyer. Dianne Wiest, Loretta Devine, Richard Schiff, and Laura Dern appear in supporting roles.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_SamRain Man (a 1988 American road drama film directed by Barry Levinson and written by Barry Morrow and Ronald Bass. It tells the story of abrasive, selfish young wheeler-dealer Charlie Babbitt (Tom Cruise), who discovers that his estranged father has died and bequeathed virtually all of his multimillion dollar estate to his other son, Raymond (Dustin Hoffman), an autistic savant, of whose existence Charlie was unaware.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain_ManThe Good Doctor (an American medical drama television series based on the 2013 South Korean series of the same name. The series stars Freddie Highmore as Shaun Murphy, a young autistic savant surgical resident at the fictional San Jose St. Bonaventure Hospital. Antonia Thomas, Hill Harper, Christina Chang, Richard Schiff, Will Yun Lee, Fiona Gubelmann, and Paige Spara also star in the show.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Good_Doctor_(TV_series)High-functioning autism (an autism classification where the patient exhibits no intellectual disability, but may exhibit deficits in communica...

