The faster the brains of children with autism grow in their first year of life, the more severe their autism features are likely to be at age 2.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is opening a new center for autism research, African-American people with autism face unique challenges, and a colorful video lights up nerve tracts in the brain.

The strength and synchrony of brain waves appear to evolve differently in children with autism than in their neurotypical peers.

A curved glass replacement for the top of a mouse's skull lets researchers spy on the activity of more than 1 million neurons.

Studies of social-brain function are moving out of scanners and into realistic settings.

A combination of multiple diagnostic tests may gauge the extent to which adults with autism attempt to blend in.

Despite the completion of hundreds of imaging studies in people with autism, researchers have yet to find features that distinguish people with the condition.

Donald Trump seems to see science through the lens of conspiracy, Brexit may spur an exodus of scientific talent from the United Kingdom, and preterm babies show atypical brain activity before birth.

Patterns of activity in certain brain regions may predict how well a child with autism will respond to a behavioral therapy.

Some women who have children with autism look in the mirror, an accounting firm predicts profit from employees on the spectrum, and 2016 was a slow year for drug approvals.