New research reveals people who rate highly for psychopatic traits are highly attuned to the vulnerable.

"There has been so much emphasis on the potential link between vaccines and autism, and not enough attention to the fact that diseases like measles can be fatal for children who are not immunized," says Susan Bryson, 9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂ's Joan and Jack Chair in Autism Research.

In this excerpt from their upcoming book Little Rain Men, Charlene and David Croft describe what autism means to them.

Two years ago, Boris Worm's research hit like a bombshell, predicting the collapse of fish populations within 50 years. In response, other scientists propose privatising fish stocks to avert disaster.

9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ professors receive funding support from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council