Category: Learning
Mu-opioid receptors.
Pleasure receptors concentrated in an area of the brain involved with comprehension may be an evolutionary reward mechanism for learning new concepts. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, June 20th, 2006.
Human Speechome Project.
Surveillance project that will monitor children at home to understand how we learn to speak. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, May 16th, 2006.
Recursive center-embedding.
Researchers discover a species of bird that can learn the syntax patterns of human language.
Post date: Wednesday, April 26th, 2006.
Tandem running.
Ants learn how to find food by being taught by other ants.
Post date: Wednesday, January 11th, 2006.
Lernu!
Free website for learning the Esperanto language. (via)
Post date: Monday, December 19th, 2005.
The Lord’s name in vain.
Young boy to teacher: Why did Mary and Joseph name their baby after a swear word? (via)
Post date: Thursday, October 6th, 2005.
Batmaaaaaaan.
Scientists have taught dolphins to sing the Batman theme. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, October 5th, 2005.
Counting water.
Amazon River flooding, which causes South America to sink several inches because of the extra weight, may one day help calculate the total amount of water on Earth.
Post date: Wednesday, October 5th, 2005.
Astrobiology.
British university is offering a degree in searching for extraterrestrial life beyond Earth.
Post date: Thursday, September 29th, 2005.
World Wide Wiki.
Some insights into Wikipedia, ‘the most detailed collection of information in history’. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, September 20th, 2005.
HAL.
“Computers will be able to out-think the entire world population put together within the next 60 years.” (via)
Post date: Saturday, September 17th, 2005.
Bullet with butterfly wings.
Army develops coloring book to teach kids living living on military base the dangers of ammunition they may find.
Post date: Tuesday, September 6th, 2005.
Potty U.
The World Toilet Organization is opening the world’s first toilet college.
Post date: Monday, August 29th, 2005.
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