China is on track to lead the world in science — at least by one revealing measure. An analysis of almost 6 million research papers shows that Chinese scientists are taking the helm in almost half of ...

A crowd of people at a concert. Image by Tim Sandle A crowd of people at a concert. Image by Tim Sandle People who struggle to follow conversations in noisy places may be limited more by cognitive ...

New research reveals that intelligence plays a key role in how well people process speech in noisy environments. The study compared neurotypical and neurodivergent individuals and found that cognitive ...

'State of Science' study on East Palestine, Ohio train derailment complete ‘That Has Never Been Tolerated in the Entire History of Our Republic’ Ryan Murphy’s ‘All's Fair’ gets panned by critics who ...

For as long as intelligence has been studied, we’ve been told that our raw IQ is mostly a genetic hand-me-down. Sure, we've learned how to sharpen the knives we were handed and increase our “effective ...

Hatchlings were trained to associate a food reward with a specific pattern such as a bullseye at the end of a Y-maze. In the reversal phase, the reward was switched to a different pattern, requiring ...

Wildfires are an increasingly common feature of life in American West, and researchers are working overtime to understand how the resulting smoke affects air quality, human health and climate change. ...

The proposed federal budget would see drastic cuts made to most of the agencies that fund science. The sheer magnitude of the cuts—including a 40 percent slashing of money going to the National ...

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Rachel Feltman: Happy Monday, listeners! For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Let’s kick off the week with a quick roundup of some of the latest news. First, let’s talk about ...

The Savannah Theory of Happiness suggests intelligent people prefer urban settings and fewer social interactions. Researchers say solitude helps high-IQ individuals cope with the stresses of city life ...