intelligence

Researchers find out why some people believe utter BS.

Need to kick-start your creativity? This technique can really help.

Long hidden under trees, it’s utterly massive.

Then again, maybe the study is fake news too.

With his collected letters recently being published, it’s time to revisit this extraordinary thinker.

Orangutans join humans and bees in a very exclusive club

Are you a polymath, too?

As enjoyable as it is to be a couch potato, humans were built to run.

She’s not held back by other animals’ numeracy limitations.

American geneticists take a stand against the misuse of their science by racists.

The road from dropout to billionaire is more of a detour than a highway.

“What a shock,” said no dog owner ever.

He was recruited by Jim Henson himself in 1969.

People often say, “I’m just not a math person,” but the truth is that no one’s brain is hardwired for math.

Find out the multiple ways we classify and ascertain what constitutes intelligence.

Philosophers can be pretty eccentric. Here we list seven of the most out there. Yes, Diogenes is included.

Book-smarts don’t mean anything if you don’t know how to apply them to life.

Want to solve problems faster? Learn to unleash your connectional intelligence.

Notice anything different? The biggest ideas of the 21st century just got a makeover.

There’s still a lot even doctors don’t know about it.

It’s much more than an art form.

You are leaking data, and absorbing it, says Yale historian Timothy Snyder. But for whose benefit?

Is high IQ really something that can genuinely turn people on? Apparently so — but only to a certain point. 

First, let me tell you how smart I am. So smart. My fifth-grade teacher said I was gifted in mathematics and, looking back, I have to admit that she was […]

Because intelligence is not the same thing as rationality.

Your brain’s heightened sensitivity can make you perceptive and creative. But it’s a double-edged sword, researchers find.

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

Social observers are particularly attuned to braggadocio. What do you think of a person who claims to be a better driver, performer or lover than average? Is this person better […]

A new study shows that adult dogs can learn to distinguish generous and selfish people, but puppies can’t.

Scientists realize that fish are sentient and intelligent, though unfortunately, they also get depressed.