From Nobel winners to Olympic champions, a new study finds childhood stardom is a poor predictor of world-class success.

Researchers looking at the development of world-class performers in science, classical music, chess, and sport, concluded that high-flyers do not necessarily develop as child prodigies - and that the ...

"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.

Being identified as a child prodigy could actually hamper the chances of being a high performer later in life, a new study has found. Researchers looking at the development of world-class performers ...

Famous Child Prodigies Who Changed the World: Who is the Most Famous Child Prodigy? A young person who shows exceptional abilities far beyond typical age levels in a specific field, is known as a ...

A child prodigy who wants to be an astrophysicist got a private tour of a NASA mission control center. David Balogun, 9, toured the James Webb Space Telescope Mission Operations Center in Maryland.