Using books as discussion prompts can help children with language delay

Since the pandemic, more children have been starting school without being "school-ready." In 2022–23, 33% of all children starting reception in England did not have the skills needed for success in ...
TwinCities.com

DNR approves exploratory drilling near Boundary Waters

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources approved a company’s plan to explore for minerals near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Under its approved plan, Franconia Minerals, a ...
The Conversation

Five myths about learning a new language – busted

Jessica Mary Bradley currently receives funding from the British Academy / Leverhulme Trust in collaboration with Wellcome. Abigail Parrish does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding ...
Janesville Gazette

'Set an example of civil, respectful discourse.' Rock County Board condemns political violence, 'inflammatory language'

JANESVILLE — The Rock County Board on Thursday night approved a resolution that condemns political violence and intimidation and called on elected officials to refrain from making “inflammatory ...
KOMU

Missouri appeals court rewrites ballot language for amendment to ban most abortions again

COLUMBIA — A Missouri appeals court in Kansas City has rewritten the ballot language for an amendment that would ban most abortions again in the state, ruling that the language approved by a Cole ...
Scientific American

Learning Another Language May Slow Brain Aging, Huge New Study Finds

Speaking multiple languages could slow down brain ageing and help to prevent cognitive decline, a study of more than 80,000 people has found. The work, published in Nature Aging on 10 November, ...
inforum

Lack of sign language interpreters in North Dakota a major barrier

North Dakota has 15 nationally certified American Sign Language interpreters for the whole state, with none living west of U.S. Highway 83, according to a national registry. Lindsey Solberg Herbel, ...
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 ...
IEEE

Exploratory Research on Harmful Speech Detection based on Large Language Models

Abstract: With the rapid expansion of online platforms, harmful speech has emerged as a critical issue, challenging mental health and social order. As the amount of online review and content posting ...
VentureBeat

New AI architecture delivers 100x faster reasoning than LLMs with just 1,000 training examples

Singapore-based AI startup Sapient Intelligence has developed a new AI architecture that can match, and in some cases vastly outperform, large language models (LLMs) on complex reasoning tasks, all ...