New research complicates the old consensus that IQ is largely fixed, and that’s good news for anyone looking to boost their intelligence. As someone who writes for the internet, I can tell you any ...

A version of this essay first appeared in Jess Steier’s newsletter, “Unbiased Science.” Fluoride is having a rough day in the court of public opinion. The National Toxicology Program (NTP), part of ...

A rigorous nine-year research review looking at the relationship between fluoride and intelligence in children concludes that as fluoride levels rise, IQ drops. Every 1 part per million increase in ...

For as long as intelligence has been studied, we’ve been told that our raw IQ is mostly a genetic hand-me-down. Sure, we've learned how to sharpen the knives we were handed and increase our “effective ...

Playing video games might not be as bad for kids as our parents told us. In fact, according to a study published in 2022, playing video games might have actually increased the IQ in some children. The ...