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In this edition of Null and Noteworthy, researchers open the case on acetaminophen and close it on oxytocin.

Researchers can roughly project what autistic children’s lives will look like years down the road. But how good is their crystal ball — and what are its benefits?

A new method to track autism prevalence in 11 U.S. states is twice as fast as the old approach — and yields similar results.

Mosaic mutations, which affect only some of the body’s cells, play a small but meaningful role in autism. Though they are difficult to study, researchers are working to master their complexity.

Many of the genes strongly linked to autism are involved in the remodeling of chromatin, the complex of DNA and proteins that makes up chromosomes. Scientists are just beginning to understand why.