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    Video games can boost children's intelligence, study finds
    Joseph Shavit
    • May 14

    Video games can boost children's intelligence, study finds

    Researchers have studied how the screen habits of US children correlate with how their cognitive abilities develop over time.
    Seven questions determine how wise you are, study finds
    Joseph Shavit
    • Apr 19

    Seven questions determine how wise you are, study finds

    Researchers report that an abbreviated, seven-item scale can help determine with high validity a person’s level of wisdom.
    Does artificial intelligence think like a human?
    Joseph Shavit
    • Apr 7

    Does artificial intelligence think like a human?

    A new technique compares the reasoning of a machine-learning model to that of a human, so the user can see patterns in the model’s behavior.
    Biohybrid nanorobots intelligently target drug delivery
    Joseph Shavit
    • Mar 4

    Biohybrid nanorobots intelligently target drug delivery

    How tiny robots with living parts are designed and fabricated to perform tasks such as effectively delivering drugs to body tissues.
    Ability to produce humor linked to higher intelligence levels in schoolchildren
    Joseph Shavit
    • Oct 18, 2021

    Ability to produce humor linked to higher intelligence levels in schoolchildren

    Children with higher levels of general knowledge and verbal reasoning are better able to produce humor, new research suggests.
    Can being good at math help you become great at sports
    Joshua Shavit
    • Oct 4, 2021

    Can being good at math help you become great at sports

    Following her triumph in the recent US Open tennis tournament, Emma Raducanu revealed that maths was her favorite subject at school.
    Key mental abilities can actually improve as we age
    Joshua Shavit
    • Aug 23, 2021

    Key mental abilities can actually improve as we age

    It’s long been believed that advancing age leads to broad declines in our mental abilities. New research offers surprisingly good news.
    A parent’s genes can influence a child’s educational success, inherited or not
    Joshua Shavit
    • Aug 22, 2021

    A parent’s genes can influence a child’s educational success, inherited or not

    A child’s educational success depends on the genes that they haven’t inherited from their parents, as well as the genes they have
    8 weeks of meditation studies can make your brain quicker
    Joseph Shavit
    • Aug 22, 2021

    8 weeks of meditation studies can make your brain quicker

    Just eight weeks of meditation studies can make your brain quicker, according to new research from Binghamton University.
    Who’s Smarter: Cats or Dogs? Scientists weigh in.
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jun 28, 2021

    Who’s Smarter: Cats or Dogs? Scientists weigh in.

    Dog people and cat people have an age-old debate about which animal makes a better pet. New research seems to support the argument that ...

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