The Pandemic and Baby IQ

Is it realistic that the pandemic reduced infant IQ by more than 20 points? Photo credit: Cat Box/Shutterstock Parents of young children might be alarmed if they read coverage of a recent study on baby IQ. According to one journalist who covered it, the study found that babies tested  IQ dropped over 20 points: In …

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Has Queen’s Gambit affected the popularity of chess?

Did this Netflix show cause a bump in chess.com membership? FILMCRAFt/WONDERFUL FILMS/NETFLIX/ Album/Alamy Stock Photo Did you watch the Netflix limited series Queen's Gambit, which came out in the fall of 2020? Many people did; it was one of Netflix's most popular series to date. Many folks have speculated that the release of this show …

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