The House of Commons at the British Parliament in London recently opened its doors to an extraordinary celebration of young ...

It's easy to assume that the most talented adults among us were once gifted children, but it turns out that talent during ...

They found that standout children rarely became the most high-achieving adults: In many fields, only about 1 in 10 prodigies ...

"Before the 'private high school' and college classes, I was your average Abercrombie-clad, slightly weird 13-year-old goofing around and taking selfies at the mall with friends," the author writes.

A prodigy is a child younger than 10 years old who shows astounding proficiency in one or more artistic or academic fields. These remarkable youngsters have inspired wonder and awe. And at certain ...

In the first few decades of the 20th century, child prodigies became national celebrities. Much like the movie stars, industrial titans and heavyweight champs of the day, their exploits were glorified ...

This week on the program, we've been talking to and about prodigies: children with extraordinary abilities far beyond their age. Yesterday, we talked about how hard it is to find the right balance, ...

A new study suggests that the people who reach the pinnacle of their fields typically dabbled in multiple disciplines when ...

In Nature’s Gambit, his illuminating extended study of six child prodigies, Tufts University researcher David Henry Feldman recounts several very strange anecdotes told to him by parents of these ...

April is autism awareness month—so autism and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) will be in the news. Although the recent redefinition of autism as a spectrum condition ensures that children whose ...