Suppose a magic genie appeared on your desk right now and offered to grant you three wishes. What would you ask for? With smarty-pants answers like I wish for an infinite number of future wishes ruled out, the thousands of research subjects who have...
聪明？刻薄？刁钻？ 一个供认不讳的真理：聪明与刻薄很多时候仅一步之遥，人一聪明，嘴里的机智便也容易流为刻薄。老美口语中一常见词汇smart aleck，正是这么一个介于褒贬之间、形容自...
If a man wants to live a long life he should marry an intelligent woman, according to scientists. 科学家称，男人要想长寿，就得娶个聪明的老婆。 Dementia experts said that having an intelligent partner can act as buffer to the dis...
Although a full IQ test takes an hour or more and costs hundreds of pounds, performance on this one simple test is highly predictive of your overall intelligence. 虽然一个完整的智商测试需要一个小时或者更长，并且花费上千元，...
Certain personality traits are often attributed to oldest, middle and youngest children. But a new study found that birth order itself had no effect on character, though it may slightly affect intelligence. 人们往往认为，某些性格特征是专...
There's no simple answer to what constitutes 'smart'. These days, we're inclined to think you can't go by intelligence quotient (IQ) results alone, because while these tests are great for measuring separate mental faculties, an IQ number doesn't seem...
There's no simple answer to what constitutes 'smart'. These days, we're inclined to think you can't go by intelligence quotient (IQ) results alone, because while these tests are great for measuring separate mental faculties, an IQ number doesn't seem...
While beer goggles often end in bad decisions, researchers have found that just enough alcohol can boost creativity. 酒醉后的啤酒眼们（beer goggles）常常会做出错误决定。然而，研究者们也发现一定量的酒精可以激发创...
1. Their relationship will not take up 100% of their life, but they will put 100% into their relationship. Its important to ambitious girls to have other priorities and things going on outside of their relationship. But that doesnt mean they wont giv...
Is shirking just a smarter way of working? 假装是聪明的工作方式？ Fudgelling, I learned the other day, is an 18th-century word meaning pretending to work when youre not really working, which goes to show its an age-old phenomenon. (Theres...
