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Computer Unravels the Science of Language

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 - 10:24:16 - Ehud Rattner

Scientists are to use a powerful super computer to mimic the part of the brain that controls speech and language function to better understand what...

Can Parasites Influence Language?

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 - 12:42:36 - Ehud Rattner

What do parasites and mountains have in common? They both keep populations apart and drive evolution, say researchers. In the absence of geographical...

Facebook Users Translating Site for Free

Monday, April 21st, 2008 - 14:37:36 - Sarah Gingichashvili

The three-year-old social networking phenomenon Facebook, worth more than $15 billion by many estimates, got a good deal on going global. Its users...

Understanding Dogs' Barks
Monday, March 17th, 2008 - Ehud Rattner
Researchers from Eotvos Lorand University in Hungary have published a new study suggesting a primitive communication system...

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Are Women Really Better at Language?

Thursday, March 6th, 2008 - 12:06:00 - Ehud Rattner

Scientific literature has been littered with studies over the past 40 years documenting the superior language skills of girls, but the biological...

New Programming Language for Robots

Friday, February 29th, 2008 - 18:08:50 - Iddo Genuth

Educators at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Academy have developed ROBOTC, a programming environment optimized for use with educational robots...

Fuji Xerox’s Copy-and-Translate Machine
Thursday, October 18th, 2007 - Sarah Gingichashvili
The joint venture partnership Fuji Xerox has introduced a prototype copier machine that can translate scanned Japanese text...