The military has often used cyberweapons in discreet operations — like damaging Iran’s nuclear centrifuges by altering their ...

The first writing system appeared roughly 5,000 years ago in Sumer, southern Mesopotamia—modern‑day Iraq. Using a reed stylus ...

An analysis of data from 200,000 students using a computer-assisted math program supports an optimistic view of skill-focused ...

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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 ...

TOKYO (AP) — I speak decent Spanish, picked up working several decades ago as a news and sports reporter in Spain, Mexico and Argentina. Now I report from Tokyo. After seven years, I still can’t grasp ...

How do you teach somebody to read a language if there’s nothing for them to read? This is the problem facing developers across the African continent who are trying to train AI to understand and ...

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, ...

Being able to follow and contribute to a live group conversation is the gold standard of language learning. Zinkevych/iStock via Getty Images Your host in Osaka, Japan, slips on a pair of headphones ...

Thor Sawin has received funding for teacher development projects through the State Department Fulbright Specialist and English Language Specialist program, as well as the US Air Force and LCC ...

1 School of Foreign Languages, Ningbo University of Technology, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China 2 College of Languages and Cultures, North Minzu University, Yinchuan, Ningxia, China Introduction: The use of ...