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Intelligence: Are we getting smarter?

Mind

Intelligence: Are we getting smarter?

Over the past century, each successive generation has answered more IQ test items correctly than the last. How come?

Features

Intelligence: What makes someone smart?

Mind

Intelligence: What makes someone smart?

Features

Intelligence: What is it?

Mind

Intelligence: What is it?

Features

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Life

Inaccurate IQs could be a matter of life and death

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Health

Pesticide exposure in the womb may lower IQ

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Take the ultimate intelligence test

Life

Take the ultimate intelligence test

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Putting your intelligence to the ultimate test

Life

Putting your intelligence to the ultimate test

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Social sensitivity trumps IQ in group intelligence

Life

Social sensitivity trumps IQ in group intelligence

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Link found between infectious disease and IQ

Life

Link found between infectious disease and IQ

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The secrets of intelligence lie within a single cell

Life

The secrets of intelligence lie within a single cell

How come a cell can behave like a tiny computer or build a complex shell? Because it's smarter than anyone thought possible, says Brian J. Ford

Opinion

Life

Seats of emotional intelligence found in the brain

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Health

Treating toddlers for autism boosts IQ later

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Life

Clever fools: Why a high IQ doesn't mean you're smart

Features

Mind

A rational alternative to testing IQ

Opinion

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