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5 Google Sheets formulas that will save you hours of boring work

A number of people swear by Google Sheets, while another group is firmly loyal to Excel. I’m somewhere in between, as I use ...
Frontiers

Syntactic Networks of Interlanguage Across L2 Modalities and Proficiency Levels

The emergence of language faculty is of great significance in the process of human evolution (Deacon, 1997). It has been shown that the language development of children can be divided into babbling, ...
ScienceCodons

CIF vs mmCIF: What’s the difference and which should you use?

The Crystallographic Information File (CIF) was introduced by the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) in 1991. Its mission was to provide a universal, computer-readable syntax for ...
NPR

Retired federal land managers say that partisan shutdown language is chilling

There are brewing legal fights against the Trump administration for language it's posting on federal websites and in government emails blaming the Democrats for the government shutdown. The ...
The New York Times

The New AirPods Can Translate Languages in Your Ears. This Is Profound.

The technology is one of the strongest examples yet of how artificial intelligence can be used in a seamless, practical way to improve people’s lives. By Brian X. Chen Brian X. Chen is The Times’s ...
Washington Examiner

Republicans mock Democrats for $20 million ‘Speaking with American Men’ study

Republicans are mocking Democrats for a proposed post-election project aimed at improving how the party and its candidates communicate with men, one that could cost $20 million. The “Speaking with ...
Backstage

How to Perform Elevated Language Like a Seasoned Shakespearean Actor

“If it were done when ’tis done, then ’twere well if it were done quickly.” This is probably not how you’d tell someone to hurry it up in your day-to-day life. But as an actor, you’re likely to ...