The House of Commons at the British Parliament in London recently opened its doors to an extraordinary celebration of young ...

"Before the 'private high school' and college classes, I was your average Abercrombie-clad, slightly weird 13-year-old goofing around and taking selfies at the mall with friends," the author writes.

Mr. Graffman was a child prodigy whose career was curtailed by a neurological condition that restricted him to his left hand.

It's easy to assume that the most talented adults among us were once gifted children, but it turns out that talent during ...

A prodigy is a child younger than 10 years old who shows astounding proficiency in one or more artistic or academic fields. These remarkable youngsters have inspired wonder and awe. And at certain ...

In the first few decades of the 20th century, child prodigies became national celebrities. Much like the movie stars, industrial titans and heavyweight champs of the day, their exploits were glorified ...

A new study suggests that the people who reach the pinnacle of their fields typically dabbled in multiple disciplines when ...

Researchers looking at the development of world-class performers in science, classical music, chess, and sport, concluded ...

While most kids are still learning the basics of life in their pre-teens, that’s not the case for Laurent Simons. Simons, a child prodigy from Belgium, on the contrary, just earned his bachelor’s ...

Anime’s imaginative storytelling is filled with familiar tropes, and one of the most enduring is the "child prodigy." These young characters, blessed with intellect or abilities far beyond their years ...

Many prodigies come from affluent or middle-class backgrounds and had parents who were in similar fields. Many of these parents encouraged, and even promoted, their child’s outsized abilities.