Medical Genetics - Communicating science Scientists have a responsibility to shout about their research – not just in the echo chambers of science conferences, but to wider society. Misconceptions ...

Scientists have discovered the first significant link between autism and DNA, in a study that could revolutionise understanding of this disturbing behavioural disorder which affects more than half ...

ME/CFS is a long-term condition that can affect different parts of the body, resulting in a wide range of debilitating symptoms.

Popular science is a protean genre spanning hundreds of topics, and this article tries to reflect that fact – we have books on neuroscience, books on genetics, books that blend neuroscience with ...

There is more misleading and context-free presentation of the science in his discussion of “class”, by which he means socio-economic status (SES). Again, the basic idea is sound, if uncomfortable: ...

Mouse clues to human genetics The genetic make-up of the mouse has been published for the first time in a scientific journal. The mouse "book of life" reveals that humans and mice share at least 80% ...

Distrust in science and facts has always been around. Whether it was the debate about evolution or the age of the Earth, when science and belief are in conflict, people tend to lean into discrediting ...