This is editorial letter 15, which I submit to you as your Editor-in-Chief of International Surgery, the flagship Journal of the International College of Surgeons. International Surgery has had ten Editorsin-Chief since establishment of the Journal and I am the 11th Editor-in-Chief. Curiosity is, in part, what drives achievement and progress. Albert Einstein is quoted: ‘‘The important thing is ...

Natural animals are renowned for their ability to acquire a diverse and general skill set over the course of their lifetime. However, research in artificial intelligence has yet to produce agents that acquire all or even most of the available skills in non-trivial environments. One candidate algorithm for encouraging the production of such individuals is Novelty Search, which pressures organism...

Research into state-trait curiosity and anxiety has resulted in a simplification of the constructs involved, particularly in the curiosity domain. This field of research previously has been dominated by a wide variety of interpretations such as specific vs. diversive curiosity, perceptual vs epistemic curiosity, and breadth vs. depth curiosity. It has been shown however, that these particular i...