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Shakespeare and Wordsworth boost the brain, new research reveals By Julie Henry, Education Correspondent, telegraph.co.uk The works of Shakespeare and Wordsworth are “rocket-boosters” to the brain and better therapy than self-help books, researchers will say this week. RT @TelegraphSci: Shakespeare and Wordsworth boost the brain, new research reveals http://flip.it/o4phh http://flip.it/iIR1N Related articles Difficult Texts Boost…
We forget a face, but not a Facebook post Anna Blackaby-Warwick, futurity.org U. WARWICK (UK) — Chatty updates on Facebook are much easier to remember than faces or carefully worded sentences.A new study sheds light on how our memories favor natural, spontaneous writing over polished, edited content—and could have wi… http://flip.it/VztTr Related articles Online fraudsters…
Body language reveals how we really feel Morgan Kelly-Princeton, futurity.org PRINCETON (US) — To figure out how someone is really feeling, don’t just read their lips, watch their body language.In a recent study, researchers asked participants to determine from photographs if people were experiencing feelings such as… Body language reveals how we really feel http://flip.it/bcv0f…
Enormous Online Library Catalogues 150,000 Animal Sounds By Colin Lecher, popsci.com And here’s a few fun ones in advance. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology just released an online archive filled with thousands of animal noises. The archive doesn’t have everything—it mostly focuses on birds—but you could still was… http://flip.it/5juay Related articles National Library of Wales:…
Death and Dying, the Animal Way – NYTimes.com http://flip.it/p64yX http://flip.it/X0pJs Related articles Death, Dying, & Buddhism – Pinterest (avantika1967.wordpress.com) On Death and Dying Differently (judemarian.wordpress.com)
Whoa What: All US iPhone Users Can Now Make Free Phone Calls Via Facebook By Dan Nosowitz, popsci.com No more caring about minutes. Free phone calls over Wi-Fi and 3G/4G! Facebook just let loose with a new update to the Messenger app for iPhone, which until now was restricted to text messaging, sort of like…
How Google’s Ray Kurzweil will teach computers to understand human language By Nathan Ingraham, theverge.com Futurist and artificial intelligence guru Ray Kurzweil has just started at Google and gave an interview to Singularity Hub days after starting his new work. For starters, Kurzweil plans to dive into natural language… RT @verge: How Google’s Ray Kurzweil…
Clamcase Pro offers a much-improved take on the iPad as a laptop (hands-on) By Nathan Ingraham, theverge.com The original Clamcase was one of the most flawed iPad keyboards we tried in our roundup — since then, the company has gone back to the drawing board and is now debuting a much-improved new model called the…
America’s first bookless public library will look ‘like an Apple Store’ By Laura June, theverge.com Bexar County, Texas says that it will open the first 100 percent digital public library system in the country, unveiling plans for its first location this past week. The plan has been in the works for a while, headed up…
California to Give Web Courses a Big Trial – NYTimes.com http://flip.it/JgDqM http://flip.it/8W5cC Related articles NYTimes rejects the MOOCopalypse (computinged.wordpress.com) Bill to Create ‘New University of California’ Dies (insidehighered.com) California Bill Brings Online College One Step Closer (tutoringtoexcellence.blogspot.com)
IBM Predicts: Cognitive Computers That Feel And Smell, Within The Next Five Years By Clay Dillow, popsci.com The computing giant’s annual list of technology predictions for the next five years foresee computers that can taste, see, smell, hear, and touch. At the end of each year, IBM releases its “5 in 5”—five technology predictions that…
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