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Scientists have discovered brain networks linked to intelligence for the first time And we may even be able to manipulate them For the first time ever, scientists have identified clusters of genes in the brain that are believed to be linked to human intelligence. The two clusters, called M1 and M3, are networks each consisting of hundreds of individual genes, and are thought to influence our cognitive functions, including memory, attention, processing speed, and reasoning. Most provocatively, the researchers who identified M1 and M3 say that these clusters are probably under the control of master switches that regulate how the gene networks function. If this hypothesis is correct and scientists can indeed find these switches, we might even be able to manipulate our genetic intelligence and boost our cognitive capabilities. "We know that genetics plays a major role in intelligence but until now haven't known which genes are relevant," said neurologist Michael Johnson,

Thousands of Einstein documents are available online for free Princeton University in the US has launched the Digital Einstein Papers project - an open-access site that will deliver the extensive written legacy of Albert Einstein to the public. The New York Times calls them "the Dead Sea Scrolls of physics”, and they’re on their way to being publicly available - the 80,000 documents left behind by Albert Einstein. When he died in 1955, Einstein bequeathed the copyright of his writings and correspondence to Princeton University Press and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. Over the past three decades these institutions have been analysing and publishing the texts - which span from the years of Einstein's youth to 1923 - and just last week announced that they would now be distributing them for free. "Starting on Friday, when Digital Einstein is introduced, anyone with an Internet connection will be able to share in the letters, papers, postcards, notebooks and