brainpower

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The theme of season 2 is “Strong vs. Smart,” pitting 100 athletically inclined contestants against 100 contestants who run on brainpower.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 3, 2026

Daniel Costa, an ecologist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, told the publication that elephant seals may have more brainpower than he previously believed.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 4, 2024

When Elon Musk sought a location for Tesla’s “global engineering headquarters,” the seat of the company’s innovative brainpower, he found it in Hewlett Packard’s former corporate headquarters — not in Austin, but Palo Alto.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 29, 2024

That three of them, including Ashwin, are qualified engineers might be a coincidence, but off-spinners have to work harder at their craft, and that combination of discipline and brainpower is useful.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2024

Humans, on the other hand, need a lot of brainpower to safely choose an omnivore’s diet.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan