W hat produces talent? It’s an age-old question. We all remember the early prodigies. Take the brilliant composer Wolfgang ...

Blaise Pascal independently rediscovered classical geometry at the age of 12 despite a ban on formal maths studies. His early ...

International chess masters, Olympic gold medallists and Nobel prize-winning scientists were rarely child prodigies, a review reveals. Likewise, early childhood successes and intense training ...

Srinivasa Ramanujan was an Indian math genius who failed college but independently reinvented mathematics. His life, celebrated on National Mathematics Day, is a testament to pure obsession and a mind ...

A proud father has shared the moment his genius four-year-old son mastered a tricky Countdown number's game - outsmarting both of the show's competitors. Little Acer was filmed standing in front of ...

If you were relatively average as a child, fear not - as the majority of elite performers hit their peak in later life, a study has revealed.

One of the first signs that you may be raising a genius appears very early on in a child’s life. Achieving developmental milestones way before predicted can be a sign that your child is ready to be ...

After leaving behind their heavy backpacks and intense academic pressure at home, many Vietnamese children rediscover the joy ...

From Nobel winners to Olympic champions, a new study finds childhood stardom is a poor predictor of world-class success.

Being identified as a child prodigy could actually hamper the chances of being a high performer later in life, a new study has found. The study from a team led by Professor Arne Güllich, professor of ...