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Researchers: Nothing Special About Einstein’s Brain
NPR: SCOTT SIMON: Albert Einstein had an enviable mind. So much, in fact, that when he died in Princeton’s hospital, the pathologist on-call stole his brain. Dr. Einstein had asked for his brain to be
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The Wrong Way to Treat Child Geniuses
The Wall Street Journal: When I was a child, I was a “genius”—the kind you sometimes see profiled on the local news. I started reading at 2. I could multiply two-digit numbers in my head
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Gauging the Intelligence of Infants
The New York Times: This occasional column explores topics covered in Science Times 25 years ago to see what has changed — and what has not. The claim about babies was startling: A test administered
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So You Think You’re Smarter Than A CIA Agent
NPR: The morning I met Elaine Rich, she was sitting at the kitchen table of her small town home in suburban Maryland trying to estimate refugee flows in Syria. It wasn’t the only question she
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Muscle Head
The New York Times: “Feel the burn!” That was Jane Fonda in 1982, exhorting the viewers of her first-of-its-kind workout video to engage in an exotic pursuit called exercise. In her striped leotard and legwarmers
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Will Mozart make my child smarter?
The Guardian: Playing Mozart and Beethoven to young children improves their listening skills, concentration and self-discipline, according to a study this week by the Institute of Education. The study was an evaluation of a programme
