As I pointed out in a previous post, female mammals deal with the problem of having two X chromosomes (left) to the male’s one by randomly inactivating one of them in each cell. The effect is ...

The terminology related to autism can be confusing. Hans Asperger, an Austrian psychiatrist and paediatrician, first identified a subset of children of average intelligence or above who otherwise ...

Anthony Hopkins is calling bull on his wife’s armchair diagnosis. The acclaimed actor, 87, balked when his wife, Stella Arroyave, suggested he has Asperger’s Syndrome, a neurodevelopmental disorder on ...

Bill Gates’ daughter Phoebe accidentally revealed that her father was diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome. The Microsoft co-founder’s daughter appeared on the Call Her Daddy podcast, where she ...