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"Reductionism!" is a charge often flung at geneticists, from accusers in the popular press and also, not infrequently, from many fellow scientists. What is it that leads so many people to so fundamentally misunderstand what genetics is about?

Abby and Brittany Hensel are conjoined twins determined to live the normal, active life of outgoing 20-somethings anywhere. They have been to university, they travel, they have jobs. But how easy is it for two people to inhabit one body?

How well do people remember? What is the best way to remember information? The results of this study could help answer these two questions. Everyone wants to be able to remember things. Students often stress over studying for a test. The purpose of this study is to determine which rehearsal method; highlighting words or writing them down while you study them, increases the recollection of the words. It is hypothesized that writing the words down while studying them would produce the highest number of words recalled. The results of this study suggest that it is easier to remember information if you write it down while studying it.

Reports trumpeting basic differences between male and female brains are biological determinism at its most trivial, says the science writer of the year

A new study shows that the popular kids in high school wind up making more money. Then again, a lot of people still hate them

Advances in neuroscience could transform our criminal justice systems. But the jury is out as to whether "my brain made me do it" will ever be accepted in court.