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Language refers to a system of symbols humans use to communicate. These systems often include strict rules for how these symbols can be used, called grammas. Language can be written, spoken, or both.
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DEC 10, 2015Health & Medicine
A new study marks a step forward in figuring out the causes of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). ASD refer to a range of n ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetDEC 01, 2015Plants & Animals
In an unlikely scenario, a goat in a Safari Zoo located in Russia has befriended a tiger that it was supposed to be a me ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 18, 2015Technology
American Sign Language, or ASL, as it’s called, is the third most widely used language in the world, after English ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 09, 2015Videos
Whenever you hear the word "telepathic," you think of something hardly scientific, but instead, something more along the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 06, 2015Videos
Here's an interesting thought: do animals mourn over their lost loved ones? You'll find most of the human population thi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 08, 2015Neuroscience
When the subject of early human species comes up, the focus tends to be on bones. Researchers want to know how big they ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 21, 2015Neuroscience
For three years MIT researcher Deb Roy and a small group of researchers recorded every waking moment of Roy’s son& ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 21, 2015Neuroscience
One of the most frustrating parts of suffering a stroke is the loss of speech. The official term for it is “aphasi ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 17, 2015Neuroscience
Contrary to previous thinking, Alzheimer’s disease consists of three distinct subtypes, according to a UCLA study. ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 30, 2015Neuroscience
Johns Hopkins researchers think that a common gene mutation triggers the brain damage associated with both amyotrophic l ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 20, 2015Microbiology
While most E. coli living in the intestine of people and animals are actually beneficial, some can cause severe illness. ...Written By: Sarah HertrichAUG 14, 2015Plants & Animals
The world watched the controversy over Cecil the Lion unfold when it was discovered that an American tourist had killed ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 08, 2015Neuroscience
Researchers Amber Southwell, Michael Hayden and Blair Leavitt at the University of British Columbia Centre for Molecular ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 06, 2015Neuroscience
Making a sentence grammatically acceptable is only part of the challenge. Communicating effectively also requires that t ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 31, 2015Videos
Zoo staff at Melbourne Zoo experience an "awe" moment as a baby hippo took a dip in the big pool for the first time with ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 27, 2015Neuroscience
"Sleeping on it" may have new meaning if researchers from the University of Exeter (in the United Kingdom) and the Basqu ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 21, 2015Neuroscience
Psychologists know that adults learn from experience in order to gain a reward, get to the finish line faster or avoid a ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 08, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A group of scientists at Harvard University have recently seen success in restoring hearing in deaf mice. The key: repla ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 07, 2015Neuroscience
The phrase, "dreams are made for children," might have taken on new meaning, based on a study at Washington State Univer ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 03, 2015Neuroscience
Are the very systems that are supposed to dispose of cellular waste making it worse? A study at Yale University in New H ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 13, 2015Neuroscience
While the consequences of brain damage can be dire, one kind of language loss may not necessarily affect another. Specif ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 12, 2015Neuroscience
The surprising results of a new study on children's understanding could have significant implications from education to ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 08, 2015Technology
Functional elegance in a name is not more perfectly illustrated than by the humble QWERTY keyboard. Dating to 1873, the ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 27, 2015Neuroscience
Deadly brain tumors called high-grade gliomas grow with the help of nerve activity in the cerebral cortex, according to ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
DEC 10, 2015
Health & Medicine
A new study marks a step forward in figuring out the causes of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). ASD refer to a range of n
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
DEC 01, 2015
Plants & Animals
In an unlikely scenario, a goat in a Safari Zoo located in Russia has befriended a tiger that it was supposed to be a me
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 18, 2015
Technology
American Sign Language, or ASL, as it’s called, is the third most widely used language in the world, after English
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 09, 2015
Videos
Whenever you hear the word "telepathic," you think of something hardly scientific, but instead, something more along the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 06, 2015
Videos
Here's an interesting thought: do animals mourn over their lost loved ones? You'll find most of the human population thi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 08, 2015
Neuroscience
When the subject of early human species comes up, the focus tends to be on bones. Researchers want to know how big they
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 21, 2015
Neuroscience
For three years MIT researcher Deb Roy and a small group of researchers recorded every waking moment of Roy’s son&
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 21, 2015
Neuroscience
One of the most frustrating parts of suffering a stroke is the loss of speech. The official term for it is “aphasi
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 17, 2015
Neuroscience
Contrary to previous thinking, Alzheimer’s disease consists of three distinct subtypes, according to a UCLA study.
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 30, 2015
Neuroscience
Johns Hopkins researchers think that a common gene mutation triggers the brain damage associated with both amyotrophic l
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 20, 2015
Microbiology
While most E. coli living in the intestine of people and animals are actually beneficial, some can cause severe illness.
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
AUG 14, 2015
Plants & Animals
The world watched the controversy over Cecil the Lion unfold when it was discovered that an American tourist had killed
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 08, 2015
Neuroscience
Researchers Amber Southwell, Michael Hayden and Blair Leavitt at the University of British Columbia Centre for Molecular
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 06, 2015
Neuroscience
Making a sentence grammatically acceptable is only part of the challenge. Communicating effectively also requires that t
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 31, 2015
Videos
Zoo staff at Melbourne Zoo experience an "awe" moment as a baby hippo took a dip in the big pool for the first time with
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 27, 2015
Neuroscience
"Sleeping on it" may have new meaning if researchers from the University of Exeter (in the United Kingdom) and the Basqu
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 21, 2015
Neuroscience
Psychologists know that adults learn from experience in order to gain a reward, get to the finish line faster or avoid a
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 08, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A group of scientists at Harvard University have recently seen success in restoring hearing in deaf mice. The key: repla
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 07, 2015
Neuroscience
The phrase, "dreams are made for children," might have taken on new meaning, based on a study at Washington State Univer
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 03, 2015
Neuroscience
Are the very systems that are supposed to dispose of cellular waste making it worse? A study at Yale University in New H
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 13, 2015
Neuroscience
While the consequences of brain damage can be dire, one kind of language loss may not necessarily affect another. Specif
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 12, 2015
Neuroscience
The surprising results of a new study on children's understanding could have significant implications from education to
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 08, 2015
Technology
Functional elegance in a name is not more perfectly illustrated than by the humble QWERTY keyboard. Dating to 1873, the
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 27, 2015
Neuroscience
Deadly brain tumors called high-grade gliomas grow with the help of nerve activity in the cerebral cortex, according to
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider