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Dr. Alex Berezow talks about the importance of communicating science in a clear and accurate way and why he turns to religion for the answers to some questions.

Here are four great brains from great minds, and how they differ from yours.  

Innovation is a “creative muscle” that needs to be flexed and exercised regularly to be strong and effective. Anyone can innovate — and some of the best or most creative […]

In this video, Malcolm Gladwell, staff writer with The New Yorker magazine and author of four New York Times bestselling books, discusses what separates “geniuses” from the rest. In addition […]

An effort is underway in the AI community to develop posthumous avatars that can ease the pain of mourning. Not everyone thinks this is a good idea.

Do our minds have quantum structures that give rise to consciousness? Sir Roger Penrose, one of the world’s most famous scientists, believes this and can explain how he thinks it works.

This polymath’s papers—full of personal and scientific revelations—have joined the World Register.

The NFL is known predominantly for its players’ display of athletic prowess. But you’d be surprised to know that many of these same players are incredibly smart. Here are some of the smartest NFL players ever to have graced the league.

The IAU has just approved a dozen new names for features on Pluto’s moon Charon. They draw from an array of famous authors, characters, mythical objects and one U.S. filmmaker.

Researchers believe that the practice of sleeping through the whole night didn’t really take hold until just a few hundred years ago.

Millennials are criticized for not working hard and wanting a participation trophy. Bryan Cranston doesn’t buy it. He thinks they have valuable lessons to teach older generations, if they can listen.

With huge suites of data, we can extract plenty of signals where we know to look for them. Everything else? That’s where AI comes in. At the dawn of the 20th […]

How much money does it take to be happy? How much is too much? These philosophers have a lot to say about money and how it relates to the good life.

Another scintillating installment of Comment of the Week is here. Did you make the cut? 

Two classic episodes from Think Again’s origins, reunited at last.

Humans tend to hunker down in our own minds and trust what we already believe to be true. This emotion-based way of thought isn’t often the best way to think about anything, and often leads to gridlock.

Learning about synesthesia can help us better understand how our brain works, particularly in terms of perception.

Nietzsche has had a large influence on political history, but what did he really think of all the ideologies he examined?

Can genius be reproduced from extracted DNA? Introducing the Leonardo Project.

We often like to consider the ideas of great thinkers when looking at an issue. To that end, Albert Einstein once wrote an essay explaining why he was a socialist. We break it down here.

“No great genius has ever existed without a strain of madness.” -Aristotle  

Here are five points from the World Economic Forum at Davos that can help men and women work together for gender equality.

Innovation is often thought of as the result of rare genius. To create a new solution to an old problem that is both more efficient and practical than older methods […]

One prominent mathematician asks: was Einstein such a smartypants after all?

In 1936, a school girl named Phyllis wrote a letter to Albert Einstein to ask whether a person could believe in both science and religion. He was quick to reply.

In our modern, increasingly globalized world, organizations both large and small are being tasked with managing ever more diverse workforces. As our understanding of diversity evolves, we see it in […]

While some still believe it to be innate, psychologists think genius can be cultivated. Three key elements motivate you to do so. 

For Women’s History Month we have a list of seven all women teams who changed history. Some were scientists, some soldiers, some living, and some long gone. All of them shaped the world.

“Well, technically it did land… just not in once piece.”

How does music influence behavior?