Intelligence

6 Things to Think About When Designing Your Child

Designing your child is designing the future. Do it wisely.

By Danny Hillis

How to Change Your Mind Over a Glass of Wine

Becoming an expert in anything, whether it’s wine tasting or mathematics, changes the way you perceive the world.

By Ann-Sophie Barwich

Evolution’s Secret Ingredient

“The Rise of Yeast” explains how one fungus altered history.

By Ron Shigeta

The Birth of Wetware

Forget what you may have heard about neural networks in software. This startup is making a computer with living neurons.

By Alissa Greenberg

The Plot Thickens in the Gnarly Story of IQ and Genetics

Researchers are finding new links between specific genes and intelligence. Can we use this knowledge to make people smarter?

By Stephanie Pappas

What to Do While Waiting for Neural Lace

Step one: breathe…

By Brian Bergstein

Curious Robots Will Teach Us About Ourselves

Machines programmed to explore could lead to smarter AI — and show us how to unlock capacities lying dormant in our own brains.

By Stephanie Pappas

It’s On! The Race to Wire the Brain

Bryan Johnson is convinced that human intelligence needs an upgrade. So he’s putting up $100 million to make it happen.

By Mallory Pickett