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Specky geeks and airheads? The truth behind intelligence stereotypes

Is there any solid foundation to calling people evil geniuses, airheads, absent-minded professors, specky geeks and more?

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The truth about intelligence: Can I become cleverer?

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The truth about intelligence: Can I become cleverer?

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The truth about intelligence: What is it really?

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Prehistoric two-year-old could grip tree branches with her feet

Humans

Prehistoric two-year-old could grip tree branches with her feet

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Yoga and meditation work better if you have a brain zap too

Mind

Yoga and meditation work better if you have a brain zap too

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Asia’s mysterious role in the early origins of humanity

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First cannabis-based drug approved in the US to treat epilepsy

Health

First cannabis-based drug approved in the US to treat epilepsy

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Chimp evolution was shaped by sex with their bonobo relatives

Life

Chimp evolution was shaped by sex with their bonobo relatives

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We may have got the evolution of our big brains entirely wrong

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We may have got the evolution of our big brains entirely wrong

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World's most-spoken languages may have arisen in ancient Iran

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World's most-spoken languages may have arisen in ancient Iran

About 3 billion people speak Indo-European languages like English and Hindustani, and it seems the first such tongue was spoken south of the Caucasus mountains

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Life

Ape ‘midwives’ spotted helping female bonobos give birth

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Can CGI finally convince us that Neanderthals were smart?

Culture

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Stem cells may reveal how Neanderthal DNA works in modern humans

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Origin of our species: Why humans were once so much more diverse

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