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...Number of objects identified by Rico, a border collie whose IQ is comparable to that of a 3-year-old child, according to a report in Science...
...college and earned a Ph.D. in human genetics at age 42. Her dissertation topic: syndromes of the 18th chromosome. Today this former homemaker and president of her local embroiderers' guild conducts genetic research at the University of Texas Health Science Center. Her work has helped raise Elizabeth's IQ into the normal range and has provided a model for helping the approximately 500 other kids in the U.S. with the same defect. Cody also set up the Chromosome 18 Registry and Research Society--a foundation that connects affected families with one another and funds research...
...Widening Grounds In our story on Asia's divorce boom [April 5], we said that in the Philippines, "the grounds for annulment of a marriage have been widened ... to include cases where one partner has a low IQ." In fact, the grounds for annulment are in the process of being widened to include such cases...
...There are a lot of smart, lively young people in this country, and you will find them at whatever school you go to.” Of course, Harvard students like to think that they’re the smartest of all, but in truth IQ seems fairly irrelevant—not only in the real world, but also on campus. As the admissions office never tires of repeating, Harvard every year turns down plenty of applicants sporting 1600s on the SAT. In so doing, the admissions office recognizes what is self-evident: If Harvard students are to distinguish themselves...
...feelings here, I must confess that I have a crush on Ann Coulter. Coulter is, of course, the political pundit infamous for saying things like this: “By the age of fourteen, you’re either a Conservative or a Liberal if you have an IQ above a toaster.” A refreshing alternative to left-wing comedian Al Franken ’73, she is also more audacious and outrageous than Franken—and that’s why I am smitten. Coulter chastises letter-writers to the New York Times for being...