American scientists have drawn a curious conclusion that literacy of a person directly affects the amount of food consumed, as the news review of authoritative scientific and popular Science journal wrote. Full story

Walking in the open air enables a person to not only maintain his physical form but also increase his intellectual level. Full story

Cold weather helps develop our intellect, claim scientists of the University of New South Wales. They interviewed people on the streets and in supermarkets, asking them to do various intellectual tests. Scientists also considered the weather on days the interviews were held. Full story

Surprisingly, our brain cells start dying as we turn twenty. When we reach that age, the number of our neurons is increasingly dropping. But this is a natural process of aging that has no impact on our intellectual ability. Alternatively, our brain activity increases every year. There is a stopover on the way, though. According to scientists from the University of California, LA, when we turn 39, our thought processes stop gathering pace and decline slowly. Full story