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Iodine supplements might raise the UK's IQ, but jury still out

Health

Iodine supplements might raise the UK's IQ, but jury still out

An analysis of pregnant women has suggested that children's IQ would rise if mothers-to-be took iodine supplements, but others question the benefits

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What if … Intelligence is a dead end?

Life

What if … Intelligence is a dead end?

Features

Baboon bone found in famous Lucy skeleton

Life

Baboon bone found in famous Lucy skeleton

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Mind expanding: Can you increase your IQ?

Life

Mind expanding: Can you increase your IQ?

Features

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Mind

It would be stupid to ignore a drop in human intellect

Leader

Brain drain: Are we evolving stupidity?

Life

Brain drain: Are we evolving stupidity?

Features

Learn a second language to slow ageing brain's decline

Health

Learn a second language to slow ageing brain's decline

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The best parents don't try to score top marks

Mind

The best parents don't try to score top marks

CultureLab

Fake brain helps investigate age's intelligence decline

Life

Fake brain helps investigate age's intelligence decline

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Art's early dawn: When intelligence really began

Life

Art's early dawn: When intelligence really began

All over the world, we're finding art tens of thousands of years older than it should be. What awoke our creative minds so early, asks Alison George

Features

Life

Finding the players in the symphony of IQ genes

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Health

Moderate drink during pregnancy can lower baby's IQ

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Mind

Why IQs are rising – and why it's deadly serious

Opinion

Life

Death by IQ: US inmates condemned by flawed tests

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