Smart parents breed smart kids. That seems like common sense. And today another study came out reinforcing that claim. By looking at DNA, researchers have linked genes to IQ, according to a study in ...

Intelligence is a tricky thing. For such an important aspect of our existence, the term isn't all that well-defined and certainly isn't the most easily measurable attribute. Intelligence can refer to ...

Seven years ago, I took a bet from one of the most controversial figures in the scientific world. Charles Murray, the political scientist who—along with the late psychologist Richard Herrnstein—wrote ...

A study led by Dr. Li Chuanyun from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has revealed how recently evolved human-specific genes—critical for ...

Gene-set analysis seeks to identify the biological mechanisms underlying groups of genes with shared functions. Large language models (LLMs) have shown promise in generating functional descriptions ...

Northwestern University biophysicists have developed a new computational tool for identifying gene combinations underlying complex illnesses such as diabetes, cancer, and asthma. Unlike single-gene ...