How to Know What You Can Really Trust: A Guide to Certainty
We live in an age of information overload. Every day, we’re bombarded with claims, facts, studies, and opinions. Some are rock-solid truth. Others are…
How a Genius Can Also Be a Dumbass
Or, why raw intelligence is overrated… I’m 55 years old. Throughout my life, I’ve known a lot of people, and I’ve been shocked many…
A Simple Multiplicative Model of Adult “Brain Value”: Integrating Processing Capacity, General Knowledge, and Domain Mastery
Abstract Research on adult cognition has long distinguished between fluid abilities, such as processing speed and reasoning, and crystallized abilities, such as vocabulary and…
Climate Change VS. a Weber Grill!
We’ve got a problem. The Earth is getting warmer. And it doesn’t matter if you think people caused it or not – the planet…
How to Hatch a Chicken OUTSIDE of the Shell!
Hard as it may be to believe, you don’t actually need a shell to hatch a chick! Here’s a video that shows you how…
How the Easter Island Statues Were Moved
You know those giant human statues on Easter Island (the moai)? They were carved centuries ago from volcanic rock and stand up to 33…
Is the Water Powered Car Too Good to be True?
Is a Water powered automobile too good to be true? Well, not according to Japanese company Genepax. They claim to have built a car…
It’s Official! Men Are Smarter! :-)
Don’t shoot the messenger folks! I’m just an impartial journalist. A male journalist, but impartial nonetheless. Dr Paul Irwing is a senior lecturer in…
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