Genes and genius: Researchers confirm association between gene and intelligence
If you're particularly good with puzzles or chess, the reason may be in your genes. A team of scientists, led by psychiatric geneticists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has gathered the most extensive evidence to date that a gene that activates signaling pathways in the brain influences one kind of intelligence. They have confirmed a link between the gene, CHRM2,...Music genes and musical geniuses
Music under the microscope: the relation between biology and genetics and human music, its peculiarities and reasons. These are the main themes of the International Workshop on the Biology and Genetics of Music, to be held in Bologna, May 20 to 22, with leading scientists currently involved in researching the mysteries of music, invited to explain their recent findings to the audience. The meetin...Indian American Surgeon Wins US "Genius" Award
An Indian-origin surgeon writer Atul Gawande has won a "no strings attached" $500,000 "genius" award from America's prestigious John D & Catherine T MacArthur Foundation//. Gawande, 40, whose many articles and essays on medicine in The New Yorker have made him one of the most recognised of American writers, is one of the 25 new MacArthur Fellows for 2006 announced by the Foundation in...Madness- the Genius Connection
As they say, there is a fine line between genius and madness and this may well be true according// to a new study. Mental health workers have always been baffled by one of the most common disorders of mental health- schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is said to affect one in 100 persons and causes disordered ideas, beliefs, and experiences. It strikes men at the age 15 to 25, and...Two-year-old Joins Mensa, Becomes Its Youngest Ever Genius
Georgia Brown could count up to ten, identified colours and even dabbled with French, but it was only when the two-year-old took an IQ test that her soaring brainpower was established. Georgia has an IQ of 152 and has become the youngest female celebrated member of Mensa. The youngest daughter of a chief executive and a carpenter, Georgia has been described by Britain'...The Forgotten Indian Medical Genius
Yellapragada SubbaRow, an Indian from Andhra Pradesh in the 1940s pioneered path-breaking research in the US in biochemistry, helping to bring to humankind some lifesaving drugs widely used today. The admirers of Yellapragada SubbaRow, a name very few Indians would be familiar with, say he deserves a place in the pantheon of top scientists in the land of his birth. Subba...