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Can Jerking Off With Your Other Hand Make You Smarter?
Using your non-dominant hand during masturbation might boost brain function, but experts say it won't increase IQ.
VICE · 1m
Trump's Diesel Deal Sparks Ukraine Crisis
Trump's diesel deal with Russia threatens Ukraine's security ties as US election looms.
Dw · 1m
ChatGPT Claims Users Are Top 80-95th Percentile Smart
ChatGPT says most users are top 80-95th percentile smart, while rivals refuse to guess.
Futurism · 1m
German spy chief arrested after challenging agency
August Hanning demanded answers from the BND after learning it had passed Russian spy allegations against him to investigators, three months before his arrest.
POLITICO · 1m
Does Child Intelligence Inherit From IQ or Can Parents Still Make a Difference?
Parents' support boosts child intelligence early in life, even after controlling for maternal IQ.
Psychologies · 1m
Europe braces for Russia's test of Nato
Intelligence chiefs warn Russia is preparing covert attacks on European soil to test the alliance's resolve.
the Guardian · 4m
Germany's spy chief warns Russia conflict risk growing
BND chief says Russia's hybrid warfare threatens violent conflict with Germany.
Dw · 2m
Germany's intelligence chief warns of rising Russia conflict risk
BND head says Germany faces violent conflict with Russia as hybrid warfare intensifies.
Dw · 2m
What happened to the Snowden archive
The last Snowden documents were published 11 weeks before The Intercept closed its archive in March 2019, ending a 6-year journey to share intelligence.
Libroot · 1m
Désordre : signe d'intelligence ou de dépression ?
Un état de désordre peut révéler une grande intelligence ou être un symptôme de dépression.
Psychologies · 1m
Middle Market CFOs Delay Spending Due to Uncertainty
Middle market CFOs hold back capital spending as economic uncertainty grows
Pymnts · 1m
Poland warns of Russian hybrid strike plans
Polish intelligence reveals Russia plans drone and missile attacks on NATO countries, disguised as accidents to test the alliance's resolve.
the Guardian · 1m
What smart people reveal without saying a word
Research links higher intelligence to two personality traits most of us overlook.
Psychologies · 1m
Seven phrases that reveal high intelligence
Psychologist Gayle MacBride identifies the exact words highly intelligent people use to think and communicate differently.
Psychologies · 2m
The oligarch who paid for Trump Jr.'s afterparty
A Putin-linked boxing boss rented a Bahamian island for Donald Trump Jr.'s wedding celebrations, and former spies have questions.
TIME · 3m
Smart people admit it when they're wrong
Research links high intelligence to the humility that lets you say "I got that wrong" and move on.
Psychologies · 1m
Why smart people rub others the wrong way
Stanford researchers stopped measuring IQ and started reading personality, and three odd traits showed up.
Psychologies · 1m
Three hobbies linked to sharper minds
Reading, music and strategy games keep showing up in studies of how people get smarter.
Psychologies · 1m · 5 views
Swearing might mean you're smart
Two studies say a foul mouth signals a bigger vocabulary and a smaller appetite for lying.
Psychologies · 1m
The CIA just opened its 9/11 warning file
Seventy-one presidential briefings, declassified 25 years later, trace what the White House was told about bin Laden before the towers fell.
Valleynewslive · 2m
What a clearance actually tells a president
A former CIA executive explains why the vetting a White House aide skips matters more than loyalty ever could.
The Conversation · 2m · 5 views
25 years of warnings, now declassified
The CIA has released 71 President's Daily Brief items on Bin Ladin, dated from 1998 through the day after 9/11.
Cia · 2m
How the Iran War Was Lost in Washington
A seventh-month war costing a billion dollars a day was decided long before the first strike, inside gutted American institutions.
Foreign Policy · 4m
25 years after 9/11, the dots still don't connect
The spies fixed the plumbing after 9/11, but the harder failure, reading what the intelligence actually means, keeps repeating.
BBC News · 3m