In contrast to Davy, with his charisma and flair, Faraday was a gentle, soft-spoken man whose lectures always put science, rather than the scientist, at centre stage.

ECONOMIST: Science

The university, which with 74, 000 students currently tops Ohio State in their perennial jockeying for the largest university in the country, is starting a data scientist program, a master of science in business analytics (MS-BA) program in the fall.

FORBES: Arizona State Joins The Rolls Of Data Science Grad Programs

Related work, by James Fowler, a political scientist at the University of California at Davis, and Sangick Jeon, a political-science student at the same place, shows how Supreme Court jurisprudence has developed over time.

ECONOMIST: Statistical modelling

In the seemingly infinite galaxy of philanthropy, the Liberty Science Center Genius Gala sparkled brightly on Friday night, not only honoring chess legend Garry Kasparov, brain-mapping scientist Dr. Cori Bargmann and entrepreneur Richard Branson, but with stratospherically smart award presenters like James Watson, best known for his co-discovery of DNA, election predictor Nate Silver and astronaut Buzz Aldrin.

WSJ: Opportunities for Geniuses