Despite social media rumors, a British children’s television show does not cause autism; childhood anesthesia is not tied to autism risk; and an adult on the spectrum reaches a haunting milestone

Researchers find a surprising link between certain pollutants and reduced autism risk, the world welcomes — and fears — the first primate clones, and new U.S. clinical trial rules reverberate globally.

A new technique enables scientists to use a pulse of light to control the activity of a single neuron.

A large array of electrodes can record the activity of neurons across a wide swath of the monkey brain.

Many African children with autism are hidden away at home — sometimes tied up, almost always undiagnosed. Efforts to bring the condition into the open are only just beginning.

A software package identifies bundles of nerve fibers in brain-imaging data, revealing connections unique to people with autism.

Watch the complete replay of Brian Scassellati discussing robotics for autism research.

The agency that oversees the drug approval process in Europe is moving to Amsterdam, gene editing gets its first human trial, and a tiny sensor detects even a few oxytocin molecules in blood.

A new trick involving a virus gives the CRISPR enzyme system the ability to edit the genome of a neuron more predictably than was previously possible.

A novel method allows researchers to rapidly generate stem-cell colonies with mutations linked to autism or other conditions.