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Though it has been a topic of much attention lately, the origin of the term "terrorist" has gone largely unnoticed by politicians and pundits alike.
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Reading a baboon's mind affords an excellent grasp of the dynamics of baboon society.
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Determined that dying languages not be lost forever, researchers are traveling the world to interview the last speakers. One language is lost about every two weeks, they say.
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Of the estimated 7,000 languages spoken in the world today, linguists say, nearly half are in danger of extinction and are likely to disappear in this century.
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A comparative psychologist taught the parrot to learn scores of words, which he could put into categories, to count and to recognize colors and shapes.
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Students started classes at Ben Gamla Charter School this week amid debate over whether a public school can teach Hebrew without touching Judaism.
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How speaking — and misspeaking — provides a window into our mental activity.
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The book series has the voice of a young reader, and that is troubling to some grammarians and parents.
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Williams syndrome — a genetic accident that causes cognitive deficits and a surplus of unguarded affability — is revealing much about what makes us social beings.
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The new sites — in French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Japanese, Polish and Dutch — will feature local language home pages.
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With the United States growing more diverse, and the world pushed closer by globalization, fluency in a second language might not be a bad job skill for a president.
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Immigrants are waiting for months or even years to get into government-financed English classes.
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Plenty of newcomers — with names like hakia and Snap — are trying to beat Google at its own game.