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 ...

What's in a label? Everything, advocacy groups say. May 25, 2011— -- Eileen Parker was 41 years old when she discovered her quirky, misunderstood behavior had a name: Asperger's. The syndrome, ...

Microsoft founder Bill Gates’ daughter Phoebe Gates has revealed that her father has "Asperger's syndrome." Her comments follow recent reflections by Bill Gates in his memoir, "Source Code," where he ...