The majority of children who do not take or pass IQ-style entrance exams to private- or grammar schools, will have many qualities not measured on an IQ test. They may also just be late developers.

Being smart won’t protect you from falling down conspiracy rabbit holes.

The human brain uses up 20% of the energy we consume.

The idea that each person has a particular learning style is a persistent myth in education. But new research provides more evidence that you won’t learn better in one modality than another.

Education, contacts and luck can play a considerable role when it comes to building up wealth.

Balloons can still be useful for gathering intelligence when used alongside satellites and aircraft.

To achieve perceptual expertise, you may need more than smarts and hard work. Research suggests there’s a general ability that may help you succeed in jobs that depend on perceptual decisions.

Fluent expression is not always evidence of a mind at work, but the human brain is primed to believe so. A pair of cognitive linguistics experts explain why language is not a good test of sentience.

Human brains seem to be wired differently to those of chimps or macaques.

A big study accounting for genes and socioeconomic background suggests that video games actually cause children’s intelligence to grow.