Homer, Leonardo da Vinci, Shakespeare, Mozart, and Tolstoy; Galileo, Newton, Darwin, Curie, and Einstein. What do these world-famous figures in the arts and sciences have in common?--apart from the ...

'Project Einstein' aims to identify the genotypes of prominent mathematicians (Nature 502, 602–603; 2013), but it needs to be underpinned by an accurate definition of the mathematical-genius phenotype ...

Laypeople often refer to the prestigious MacArthur fellowships as "genius grants," but the Chicago-based foundation that awards them avoids the colloquialism because it "connotes a singular ...