Psychologists weigh in.

People who are unusually intelligent tend to look at the world in a way that takes in the bigger picture. This special skill ...

When people spend their time struggling instead of gaining knowledge, they end up unhappy, no matter how smart they are.

Here are seven traits I keep seeing in intelligent people who don’t broadcast it: The loudest “smart” people often want to be ...

To an outsider, this might look like rumination or self-criticism. But emotionally intelligent people use it as rehearsal and integration. Speaking out loud engages different parts of the brain than ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New models of planetary atmospheres and stellar radiation suggest that worlds capable of supporting intelligent life may be far ...

The evolution of humans on Earth may not be entirely exceptional. That is because intelligent life is likely to form if certain planetary conditions are met, a new study suggests. This idea displaces ...

For decades, many scientists have relied on the "hard steps" model to suggest that intelligent life is rare — the improbable result of a series of unlikely evolutionary leaps. But new research by ...

Scientists suggest finding extraterrestial intelligence is more likely than thought, arguing that complex life is not a cosmic fluke. NASA Scientists have adhered to the “hard steps” model of ...

Intelligent life in the Universe could be far more widespread than previously imagined. A new study has just shaken up a well-known theory, the "hard steps" theory, by explaining that the emergence of ...