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Can we really choose our own fate, or is free will an illusion?

9 December 2019

Neuroscientist Hannah Critchlow asks if your fate is hardwired into your brain, from what you like to eat to who you fall in love with

Fate vs free will: A new book clarifies the determinism debate

12 June 2019

We're not wrong to think we have free will, but The Science of Fate by Hannah Critchlow reveals the moral complexities underpinning our sense of unlimited choice

The parenting myth: How kids are raised matters less than you think

22 May 2019

DNA is more important to a child’s personality, exam results and future income than the way they are brought up – but that’s good news, says geneticist Robert Plomin

Your genes affect which university you go to but that’s no surprise

18 October 2018

A study has found links between a person's genes and university. But intelligence and other complex traits are shaped by both genetics and environment

Sarah-Jayne Blakemore wins 2018 Royal Society Book Prize

2 October 2018

Sarah-Jayne Blakemore walked away with the honours at the 2018 Royal Society Insight Investment Book Prize - and the calibre of the runners-up made it a hard year to call

The truth about intelligence: What makes someone smarter than others?

18 July 2018

Our search for genes associated with brainpower is starting to bear fruit, but isn’t the whole story. Your IQ is influenced by many subtle factors

There are two types of worrier - which you are depends on genes

25 June 2018

The genomes of half a million people reveal that there are two kinds of worrier, providing new clues about how genes help form our personalities

Many psychiatric conditions have the same genes in common

21 June 2018

Several conditions including anxiety, depression and anorexia all share a common set of genes, which could lead to better diagnoses

Model Behaviour: How a sceptic was won over by life in the lab

30 May 2018

A new book about shadowing a team of behavioural geneticists shows them at great pains to capture the vagaries and complexities of their tricky research