Author: NAOMI HEILBRONN

A study of Nobel-winning economists by Bruce Weinberg and David Galenson identifies two different life cycles of creativity — a surge in the mid-20s or in the mid-50s, depending on distinct attributes of personality. The sudy has it that those who hit the peak in their 20s tended to be “conceptual” innovators. People of this…

Schreckstoff is a chemical cocktail that fish release from their skin after an injury. Fish perceive the risk of a predator nearby when they sense the chemical in water, and they display an alarm behaviour called a “startle” event. We have an update on it from Iain Couzin (University of Konstanz), who was looking for…