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Health

Pesticide exposure in the womb may lower IQ

Pregnant women may want to switch to organic produce in the light of three studies linking pesticides to reduced IQ in children

News

Take the ultimate intelligence test

Life

Take the ultimate intelligence test

News

Putting your intelligence to the ultimate test

Life

Putting your intelligence to the ultimate test

Features

Social sensitivity trumps IQ in group intelligence

Life

Social sensitivity trumps IQ in group intelligence

News

Link found between infectious disease and IQ

Life

Link found between infectious disease and IQ

News

The secrets of intelligence lie within a single cell

Life

The secrets of intelligence lie within a single cell

Opinion

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

Life

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

Features

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Mind

A rational alternative to testing IQ

It's time schools started to teach rational thinking, with a view to improving and assessing students' "RQ"

Opinion

Life

Smacking hits kids' IQ

News

Life

Gene for memory and IQ gives students low grades

News

Mind

Intelligence: Nature outpaces nurture as kids get older

News

Life

Monkey 'IQ test' hints at intelligent human ancestor

News

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