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 | | | News - Nieuws | | | Genius loves company
Mensa offers fun, camaraderie to area smarties - By PAUL LANDAU Telegraph Staff
..."We really think of ourselves as a social organization," explained Deborah Stone, president of New Hampshire Mensa. "All we did was take an IQ test to get in, it doesn't define who or what we are. You can meet people from all walks of life here, people that won't judge you."
That's not to say it's all fun and games during gatherings. Some of the academic lectures at the event include seminars on taxes, the environment, health care and nanotechnology. |
| 14-year-old Irvine college grad wants to create artificial intelligence
The boy is heading off to UC Berkeley, where he plans to study cognitive science.
By CATHY TRAN - THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
IRVINE - Evan Ehrenberg is such a math whiz, he's made extra cash tutoring classmates at Irvine Valley College.
Not bad for a 14-year-old.
Today, the Irvine resident will put on a cap and gown to graduate from the school as its youngest graduate ever. An associate degree will be tacked on his resume, which already includes membership in Mensa, a high-IQ society; acting roles for the Laguna Playhouse Youth Conservatory; and a TV cameo as a contestant on NBC's 1 vs. 100.
Evan started at the college three years ago after trying public schools, private schools and homeschooling. | IQ at five foretells earning potential
Anna Patty Education Editor - August 31, 2007
WORKING mothers need no longer feel guilty, according to new research which has found that children who attend preschool have the best chance at a prosperous working life.
Michael Keane, professor of economics at the University of Technology, Sydney, said a person's future earning capacity could be determined at the age of five and sealed by the age of 16.
His research, presented at the university last night, found that IQ tests on five-year-olds could predict whether they would complete high school and go on to university. "If you know the kid's IQ test scores at age five, that is a better predictor than the parents' IQ or income," he told the Herald yesterday.
Quality day care and preschooling could help raise the intelligence levels of young children and were of greater benefit to their long-term future than later interventions, such as tuition subsidies for university students. | | | Tony Buzan: My brain my hobby
Tony Buzan is the world's leading expert on learning and the brain in the tradition of Edward De Bono, though perhaps it would be more appropriate to say De Bono is in his tradition. He has lectured in 67 countries over the last 30 years, and his books -- so far he has authored and co-authored 90 of them, selling over six million copies in 30 languages -- have influenced millions of people worldwide. Born in London in 1942, Buzan graduated from the University of British Columbia; he has since become an accomplished scholar in a whole range of fields: neurobiolology, zoology, statistics and probability, psychology, literature, music as well as pre-med and anatomy. He holds the world record for Creative Intelligence tests. As a world renowned guru on mind power and creativity, he has served as a consultant at many multinational organisations, including Hewlett Packard, IBM, Walt Disney, Barclays International and British Airways; he has also served as advisor to governments in England, Singapore, Mexico and several Gulf states. Buzan lectures regularly at leading universities and business schools.
Interview by Amira El-Naqeeb | Golf prolongs life - Golf can be a good investment for the health, according to a new study from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet.
[Press Release 2008-05-30] Golf can be a good investment for the health, according to a new study from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet. The death rate for golfers is 40 per cent lower than for other people of the same sex, age and socioeconomic status, which correspond to a 5 year increase in life expectancy. Golfers with a low handicap are the safest.
It is a well-known fact that exercise is good for the health, but the expected health gains of particular activities are still largely unknown. A team of researchers from Karolinska Institutet has now presented a study of the health effects of golf - a low-intensity form of exercise in which over 600,000 Swedes engage. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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