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

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

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

Orion Jean Monaco, from USA, is a service prodigy whose acts of kindness have escalated into making a difference across the world. Having been recognized as a kid of the year by the publication TIME, ...

In this Sportsing Short, Ian McCall shares a wild story about being a child prodigy in martial arts and competing against grown men at a young age. Ian breaks down the discipline, intensity, and ...

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 ...

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 ...

When psychologist-turned-playwright Alan Edmunds stumbled upon the story of Barbara Newhall Follett—a literary prodigy who wrote her first critically acclaimed novel before the age of twelve, then ...

This was one game he couldn’t win. Daniel Naroditsky, one of the world’s greatest chess players, was a child prodigy who went on to become America’s greatest ambassador for the sport — before baseless ...

Chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky, a child prodigy and professional player who grew up in the Bay Area, died Monday. He was 29. Naroditsky rose quickly through the ranks to the highest title in the ...

Daniel Naroditsky, a chess grandmaster who started as a child prodigy and quickly became one of the most influential American voices in the sport, died Monday. He was 29. The Charlotte Chess Center in ...

Daniel Naroditsky, a chess grandmaster who started as a child prodigy in the Bay Area and quickly became one of the most influential American voices in the sport, died Monday. He was 29. Related ...