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May 29, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Earliest Victim Of Child Abuse? A 2- to 3-year-old child from a Romano-Christian-period cemetery in Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt, shows evidence of physical child abuse, archaeologists have found. The child, who lived around 2,000 years ago, represents the earliest documented case of child abuse in the archaeological record, and the first case ever found in Egypt, researchers say. Continue reading... PHOTOS: Everyday Stuff REALLY Close Up Polar Region's Ecosystem Is HOW Old? Space Capsule Docks With ISS, Sets Record Other Worlds Eyed For Clues About Our Climate Future What Oldest Light Says About Birth Of Universe Moon Minerals Come From Surprising Source, New Study Suggests Earliest Victim Of Child Abuse Seen In Ancient Cemetery WATCH: Shrimp Fires 'Pistol' In Super Slow-Mo REVEALED: Disturbing Trend In Human Intelligence Weird Quantum Effect Observed For First Time REVEALED: Surprising Cause Of Itching MARIA CARDONA Why The National STEM Education Fund Is So Important There's no doubt we have the students capable of achieving the heights of Spelman's students. Our challenge is increasing opportunities for more students, especially women and minorities, to study STEM fields. A national STEM fund would be a sound foundation for every state. Continue reading... ALLEN FRANCES Two Fatal Technical Flaws in the DSM-5 Definition of Autism DSM-5 turns the current confusion into a complete Babel. The impossibly vague and confusing DSM-5 definition of Autism Spectrum Disorder is essentially useless for clinical or research purposes and is not a trustworthy guide for determining school services. Continue reading... STANTON PEELE The Search for Mental Illness and Addiction in the Brain, Part III: The DSM-5 War Over What Being Human Means Insel represents a crucial American school of thought -- by far the dominant one in the U.S. today -- that equates the future of mental health with the brain, pure and simple. This school of thought is fundamentally wrong, has always been wrong, will always be wrong. Continue reading... WRAY HERBERT Revisiting the 'Hormone of Love' It's been more than a decade since oxytocin was first heralded as the "hormone of love" -- a distinction that came with optimistic predictions for future drug therapies. The question now is not whether oxytocin has beneficial effects, but under what circumstances and for whom does it have these effects? Continue reading... SETH SHOSTAK How Ordinary Are We? Could it be that our planet isn't typical at all? If so, then maybe life isn't typical either. On the other hand, if there are plenty of planets similar to Earth, we can reasonably hope for lots of cosmic company. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003