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This month in Odyssey.(language skills)(Brief article)

Jan 01, 2007; ... It's considered good advice to "think before you speak." But did you ever consider whether you would even be able to think, if you didn't have language? Linguists (scientists who study the nature and structure of human speech) think about that question a lot. And they don't agree on the ...

Smell worm?(Science Scoops)(Brief article)

Jan 01, 2007; ... Can a worm smell drugs? Can insects detect explosives? Well, a $3-5 million cyber-nose project in Australia--a collaboration between the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Australia's national science agency), Monash University in Melbourne, and the Australian ...

You SnooZZZe, you win!(research on sleep)(Brief article)

Jan 01, 2007; ... It's been known for some time that sleep can help you remember things, like a dance step or other sense-related activities. But Jeffrey Ellenbogen of Harvard Medical School and his colleagues now have evidence that getting a good night's sleep can also help you to firm up memories of newly ...

Just think!(paralytics)(Brief article)

Jan 01, 2007; ... When you hear someone say, "Don't even think about it," think about this: A 25-year-old man, paralyzed in all four limbs, was able to move a cursor on a computer screen and control a robotic arm simply by thinking about performing the tasks. No, this scoop is not about some kind ...

Singing volcanoes.(Science Scoops)

Jan 01, 2007; ... All volcanoes shake and rattle when they erupt. Now Italian researchers are on a roll to convert the low-frequency seismic rumblings into musical scores. Why? In an effort to help predict eruptions. You see, volcanic eruptions are usually preceded by a particular pattern of ...

Spacecraft blows up!(Science Scoops)(Brief article)

Jan 01, 2007; ... It's not what you think. This spacecraft, called Genesis I, is an inflatable one! Last July, Bigelow Aerospace--a commercial venture with offices throughout the United States--successfully launched a 10-foot-long, 8-foot-wide, inflatable spacecraft into Earth orbit! This test ...

Every child is a genius!(language skills)

Jan 01, 2007; ... For most people, learning a foreign language is incredibly hard. Students study long hours and go through exhausting classes. And according to Dr. Benjamin Rifkin, a professor and textbook author of Russian, four years of one-hour classes every single school day will get most students only ...

Magical mistakes!(Activity to Discover)

Jan 01, 2007; ... Kids may be language geniuses, but they don't learn everything overnight. In the meantime, they make plenty of mistakes. Here are some examples from child speech in Dr. Steven Pinker's The Language Instinct: * Don't giggle me! * Go me to the bathroom before you go to ...

Why Howard doesn't talk: why do some children with autism never learn to speak?

Jan 01, 2007; ... I became a psychologist because my younger brother Howard never learned to talk. I was about five years old when his problems emerged, and, like everyone else in my family, I was both worried and confused. How could a child who was so clever in so many ways be unable to learn even the ...

Speech: dances of the vocal tract.

Jan 01, 2007; ... When you talk on your cell phone, you might think about how amazing it is that words leave your mouth and reach a friend by traveling through the airwaves. But do you ever think about how amazing it is that you are able to say those words in the first place? How do we make sounds that form ...

How evolution cobbled together a talking ape.

Jan 01, 2007; ... In Planet of the Apes, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans all have the gift of speech; humans are just one talking species among many. In our world, however, humans are the only creatures with genuinely complex language. Other species can communicate little more than ...

Animal communications 101: lessons with Doctor Doolittle.

Jan 01, 2007; ... The world's most famous expert on animal communications is a veterinarian from the imaginary town of Puddleby-on-the-Marsh. Doctor John Dolittle began to "talk to the animals" after taking lessons from his parrot, Polynesia. Doctor Dolittle is one of the busiest and brainiest characters in ...

Say what? ... Social order was basically the same regardless of what school she went to. Does how you talk reflect who your friends are? A Stanford University linguistics expert is trying to find out.

Jan 01, 2007; ... Samantha and Kayla's conversation is direct and lets us know what they are likely to be doing for the rest of the afternoon. Not so obvious in the exchange are the subtle clues that tell us where these girls fit into the larger school social structure around them. Their ways of pronouncing ...

Jocks, burnouts, & in betweens.(student teacher relations)(Brief article)

Jan 01, 2007 ... You might know them as hoods, greasers, losers, or burnouts--the kids who don't get along with teachers, tend to get into trouble, or just plain don't care about school. Then there is the other extreme--the jocks or the preps--the kids who get along with the teachers, who go out ...

While you were out.(speech recognition)

Jan 01, 2007; ... Welcome home! I hope the whole family had a wonderful time backpacking in the wilderness. I enjoyed taking care of Fluffy and will bring her back Monday. I stopped in at the house often so that I could feed the fish, water the plants, and check on everything. Here are everyone's ...

Language wheels.

Jan 01, 2007; ... Hint: This is something you eat, and the word is plural. Hint: You might use this word to describe your smart friend. Hint: This is a subject in which you might major in college. Professor Pickwick is a big fan of language wheels--circles or squares of ...

Going, going, gone! Saving the world's languages.

Jan 01, 2007; ... Around 1930, the Chimariko became extinct, and in 1905, the same thing happened to the Tasmanian. The Chimariko was felled by the greed of the 1850s Gold Rush in northwestern California; the Tasmanian died with Fanny Cochrane Smith. As a matter of fact, scientists can't keep up with the ...

Scrabble to the rescue.(Brief article)

Jan 01, 2007 ... The Dakota Sioux have come upon an ingenious way to preserve their endangered language: Dakota Scrabble! The vocabulary board game has been adopted for the Dakota language, and young people are playing whenever they can. Why focus on the young people? Simple: They are the ...

Do we need a world language? To find out, complete the following field report--then decide for yourself.(Activity to Discover)

Jan 01, 2007; ... THIS IZ WON FONETIK YLFUBET FOR INGLISH Can you read that? It's a sentence written in Simplified Phonetic English--just one attempt to overcome the communications barriers inherent in our world's many different languages. Here's the Problem From the ...

A ring of truth.(J.R.R. Tolkien's command on ancient languages)(Brief article)

Jan 01, 2007 ... The magical dialogue in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings is really a set of complex, invented languages. Tolkien was actually a scholar of ancient languages, and his novels (The Hobbit and The Silmarillion) were ...

More than just talk.(english)(Brief article)

Jan 01, 2007 ... * Simplified English uses a special dictionary to avoid double meanings that might confuse non-native speakers (for example, "close the door" vs. "close to the door"), it's often used in international radio broadcasts (such as on the Voice of America). Learn it at www.userlab.com/SE.html. ...

Star chart.

Jan 01, 2007 ... The monthly All-Sky Chart depicts the sky (minus the Moon) as it appears at 6 p.m. on Jan. 15. Useful all month (except for planet positions), the chart is also accurate for 7 p.m. on Jan. 1 and 5 p.m. on Jan. 31. To use the All-Sky Chart, first use a compass to find the ...

Fasten your seatbelts--Earth is closest to the sun and speeding!(Stargazing Comic)(Cartoon)

Jan 01, 2007; ... WE OFTEN SAY THAT OUR EARTH IS 93 MILLION MILES AWAY FROM THE SUN. DO YOU KNOW THE EARTH IS 93 MILLION MILES FROM THE SUN? HOW FASCINATING! [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SO EARTH CAN MOVE AS FAR AWAY FROM THE SUN AS 94 1/2 MILLION MILES, AND AS CLOSE ...

Sheep, mutton, ovine: the three tiers of English vocabulary.(Kids Can ... Do Amazing Science)

Jan 01, 2007; ... For three years, I was a participant in the National Spelling Bee. I was thrilled to place as high as seventh out of approximately ten million kids who started at the local level. More important, preparing for the competition taught me an enormous amount about the English language and the ...

Winners of the CAMO contest.

Jan 01, 2007 ... In last September's "Smart Clothes" issue, we asked readers to toss an Animal Angle back to us in the form of a "Where's Waldo"--like drawing of animals (such as twig insects or flat fish) whose camouflage "clothing" helps to keep them safe. Congratulations to our winners, Nathan Foos, age ...

Think syrinx.(bird songs)(Brief article)

Jan 01, 2007; ... One way to coax a shell parakeet (Melopsittacus undulatus) into "talking" is to say a simple phrase such as "Good bird!" while tickling the bird's head. Who knew? Crows, jays, macaws, magpies, mynahs, parrots, and others can also be taught to mimic human speech. African gray ...

Go back to work? How about next week...

Jan 02, 2007;

FURY AT HUGE RISE IN FARES ; Pounds 4 for short Tube ride in New Year increases

Jan 02, 2007;

MPs can put in Pounds 250 bills without a receipt

Jan 02, 2007;

Pounds 25bn extra funding for NHS 'not being effectively used'

Jan 02, 2007;

Scientists find way to make drugs much more cheaply

Jan 02, 2007;

Blair will not quit until July, say allies

Jan 02, 2007;