Everybody knows one. The braniac. This is the person who is constantly using complex math formulas and researching scientific data, or is simply way too smart for your comprehension. However, we also know many of you out there would love to consider yourself braniacs, as we do to at times. After all, not just anyone owns an iPhone—you have to be special, like a braniac. Therefore, as an ode to the braniac, nerd, geek, science fan, math lover, or whatever else you want to call it, we have put together a list of five great iPhone apps for you to check out.

As Apple announced briefly during WWDC, the Push Notification API has been released to a handful of devs, according to CrunchGear. The Push Notification service allows 3rd-party iPhone applications to stay connected to servers which allow notifications to be displayed when new information shows up. This is akin to Apple’s iPhone apps, which display an more »