A cognitive neuroscientist, Ellen Bialystok has spent almost 40 years learning about how bilingualism sharpens the mind. Her good news: Among other benefits, the regular use of two languages appears to delay the onset of Alzheimer’s disease symptoms. Dr. Bialystok, 62, a distinguished research professor of psychology at York University in Toronto, was awarded a $100,000 Killam Prize last yea
Game on or game over? With the Summer Olympics coming up, the main focus for our latest release is on the world of sport. Worrying about your team’s back four in the relegation six-pointer? Did one of your team’s blueliners just score an empty-netter? Or maybe you prefer T20™, with the drama of one-dayers and super overs, or just like to pay your green fee and get started on the front nine? We’ve
With dwindling fossil fuel supplies, France is increasingly reliant on its nuclear power plants which now provide it with three-quarters of its electricity In the aftermath of Japan's nuclear crisis at Fukushima, some European nations are rethinking their atomic plans. But France, home to 58 of 143 reactors in the EU, remains nuclear energy's champion, and plans not to retire its power stations bu
ここ1~2年の日本のマスコミが急に 「若者の内向き志向」だとか「若者はもっと海外に目を向けるべき」 みたいなことを盛んに言い始めて、 アメリカにいても面食らうほどだ。 たしかに「縮小する日本」ではビジネスチャンスは小さくなるし 研究リソースも少なくなるから、より多くの人や企業が 海外に出て行かないどいけないというのはある程度正しい。 一方で、 大多数の日本人にとって英語の習得が必要なのかは正直疑問だし、 実現可能であるかどうかも相当疑わしい。 個別の論点については過去に何度か論じてきたが(*1) どうやら英語教育に関するそうした違和感は、 日本の強すぎる横並び意識から来ているのではないか、 と思うようになった。 (*1)参考: 「小学校の英語教育は必要か?」 「企業はなぜTOEICに拘るのか?」 簡単のため、英語力と専門能力をそれぞれ3レベルに分けて考えよう。 大まかな目安として、上位1%
5/4/2011 5:02 PM EDT Will this tool be suitable for game development? I liked the article. It points ... More... In this Product How-To article, Mentor Graphics’ Philip Burr provides a few tips to developers who want the low development cost that a standard such as Android provides, but want to differentiate their designs from competitive devices using the same platform. Android is a game changer
When We Tested Nuclear Bombs Alan Taylor May 6, 2011 36 Photos In Focus Since the time of Trinity -- the first nuclear explosion in 1945 -- nearly 2,000 nuclear tests have been performed. Most of these occurred during the 1960s and 1970s. When the technology was new, tests were frequent and often spectacular, and they led to the development of newer, more deadly weapons. Since the 1990s, there hav
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