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50 iPhone Apps to Help You Learn a New Language »
Posted by: bizexpert 2 months, 4 weeks ago in Family
Whether you want to learn just enough to get by while visiting another country or you want to delve more deeply into a language to ...
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The 10 Coolest Foreign Words The English Language Needs | »
Posted by: azies 2 months, 3 weeks ago in Humor
Have you ever blurted out, "Wow, that guy is just so...so..." and then were left floundering with nothing to say? Well, it's not ...
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Turbo Dates: Like Speed Dating Except Funny instead of Depressing »
Posted by: lariehutton 2 weeks, 5 days ago in Humor
Speed dating .....Only faster! The Turbo Dates series. Rupert's English accent is so charming women desire him instantly, no matter what terrible things he ...
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How Do You Say “Hello” on the Phone in Japanese? »
Posted by: PMolinero 6 months ago in Humor
Question - How Do You Say “Hello” on the phone in Japanese? It is not “konnichi wa” - ??? . That is the equivalent of ‘good day’ or saying ...
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Is mathematics the language of the universe? »
Posted by: altnrg 4 months, 4 weeks ago in Science & Technology
MARIO LIVIO IS an astrophysicist, a man whose work and worldview are inextricably intertwined with mathematics. Like most scientists, he depends on math and an ...
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WHERE IS THE RAKE »
Posted by: greenmac 6 days, 17 hours ago in Humor
Sign language ... how the male and female species communicate.
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Amazonian tribe turns missionary into atheist »
Posted by: Coatl 4 months ago in Religion
When Daniel Everett first went to live with the Amazonian Pirahã tribe in the late 70s, his intention was to convert them to Christianity. Instead ...
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Relations between US, Cuba seem within reach »
Posted by: suzanek 2 months, 2 weeks ago in News
Talks toward a thaw in U.S.-Cuba relations seemed to be a real possibility after the new presidents of both countries reached out to ...
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Gmail Adds Automatic Message Translation »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
Leveraging its Google Translate service, Gmail Labs has added yet another feature: automatic translation of incoming email. You can turn the feature on by going ...
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Iranian film industry thriving, Hollywood learns - CNN.com »
Posted by: ConquistadorForLife 3 months, 1 week ago in News
(CNN) -- It appeared an unlikely meeting: Earlier this month, representatives from Hollywood, home of the anything-goes lifestyle and anything-can-happen film, traveled to Iran, where censorship ...
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Is Human 'Imperfection' Such A Bad Thing? »
Posted by: myfairlady 5 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
Imagine a world of ‘human perfection’ where disabled people are a distant memory, edited out by medical enhancement and economic cost-benefit analysis: a world where ...
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How Many Spaces After a Period? The Great Debate »
Posted by: tjclassic82 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Arts & Entertainment
How many spaces are you supposed to put after a period or other sentence ending punctuation marks?
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Changing the Language of Fatherhood - Motherlode Blog - NYTimes.com »
Posted by: tdrapeau 1 week, 2 days ago in Family
Since he became a first time father eight months ago, Paul Hankes Drielsma has been thinking a lot about language. About teaching it to his ...
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Adult Brain Processes Fractions 'Effortlessly' »
Posted by: myfairlady 2 months, 4 weeks ago in Science & Technology
Although fractions are thought to be a difficult mathematical concept to learn, the adult brain encodes them automatically without conscious thought, according to new research ...
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How You Feel The World Impacts How You See It »
Posted by: myfairlady 2 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
In the classic waterfall illusion, if you stare at the downward motion of a waterfall for some period of time, stationary objects — such as rocks ...
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