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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Visakhapatnam: Eight-year-old Ganta Jishnu Aaryan has earned a place in the Guinness World Records by achieving an extraordinary feat of memorising mathematical calculations. The young prodigy ...

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 ...