89 to 97 per cent of autistic adults aged 40+ years are undiagnosed in the UK, according to the largest review of its kind which was conducted at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King’s College London. The review indicated that middle-aged and older autistic adults are facing higher rates of mental and physical health conditions than non-autistic adults of the same age, alongside challenges with employment, relationships and wellbeing.

In response to increased tax rates, high-income earners often threaten to leave the location of their tax base. But do they actually follow through? A new article in the American Journal of Sociology, “Taxing the Rich: How Incentives and Embeddedness Shape Millionaire Tax Flight,” examines how increased tax rates incentivize top earners to relocate, and how the forces of embeddedness within their communities encourage them to stay.

Metin Sengul, professor of management at Texas McCombs, wondered why some companies structure themselves with a gap or “wedge” between their control rights and rights to the subsidiary’s earnings.

In new research, he finds two internal factors that influence those decisions:

Relatedness: how closely the subsidiary’s operations relate to the other businesses the parent operates, such as all being in segments of the auto industry.

Multimarket contact: the degree to which the parent and subsidiary face the same competitors in multiple geographic or product markets.

A new MSU study reveals that screen time isn't all bad for teens. Social media, gaming, and other online leisure can build digital skills that improve academic performance, especially for boys, narrowing gender gaps in reading and writing. Still, risks remain: unchecked use may deepen math disparities, reinforcing inequities like women’s underrepresentation in STEM.

The brains of politically extreme individuals, whether left- or right-leaning, appear to respond to and process political information in surprisingly similar ways, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.

Dr Donald Kilburg, who was a member of the US Department of State, says the technology is already shaping work for the likes of embassy officials whose jobs are to protect their country’s interests abroad.