Williams syndrome makes kids ‘hypersocial,’ researchers say. Never has a human population been found that has no racial stereotypes. Not in other cultures or far-flung countries. Nor among tiny tots or people with various psychological conditions. Until now. Children with Williams syndrome, a rare genetic disorder that makes them lack normal social anxiety, have no racial biases. They... 

Some people never forget a face. For the rest of us, recognizing faces is not so easy. And those with prosopagnosia can’t even recognize their close friends. Now scientists say the ability to recognize faces is inherited and separate from general intelligence or IQ. IQ is strongly heritable. And one longstanding general thought about IQ holds that if you’re smart in one area, you’ll...