Huffington Post
This is part two of an interview with Paula Durbin-Westby, an (at times) non-speaking autistic adult who made this YouTube video as an example of what happens when she tries to speak during periods when she cannot. To read part one click here. AZ: Paula, can you talk more about the idea of language...(size: 10.4Kb)
Huffington Post
The words that one learns passively in a given language (that is to say, out on the street or simply through repeated and unsought auditory repetition) are often reflective of deeper cultural values and attitudes. In France, more often than not, this attitude is pessimism. The first several times...(size: 13.0Kb)
Business Day
The facade now gets a new bumper and the essential LED daytime lights the interior While designers have left the rear of the vehicle alone The interior has received a major makeover WHEN one thinks of hand-built vehicles the mind normally conjures up pictures of bespoke coach-built limousines or the...(size: 5.9Kb)
The Times of India
Intuition is the signal your unconcsious mind sends you, telling you to do something or not. Hone it, say experts Has it ever happened that your phone beeped, and you knew it was your client. Some call it a hunch, others, a fleeting flash of intuition. The word intuition is derived from the Latin in...(size: 5.9Kb)
Huffington Post
Perfect pitch is one of those traits we often associate with music greats or child prodigies. For some time, scientists have known what it is -- the ability to re-create or identify a specific musical note based on memory alone -- but not precisely how an individual acquires the ability. But new...(size: 10.0Kb)
Inhabitat
Urban Prototyping is a global series of festivals designed to explore the impact that participatory art, technology and design can have on the urban experience. Urban Prototyping: San Francisco (UP:SF) re-imagined three-blocks of downtown San Francisco with 23 interactive projects, 60...(size: 4.3Kb)
The Examiner
Advertisement Is it harder to raise boys than girls? I have two little boys one is 5 and the other is 3 and OMG am I tired. They are 55lbs and 27lbs of pure energy and I am being tagged teamed. I constantly feel that I am repeating myself throughout the day when I tell the boys to do something? I...(size: 7.5Kb)
Chicago Tribune
Murder suspect Daniel Baker has asked to take the witness stand every day during his trial in Lake County. But when his opportunity to testify in his own defense finally came up this morning, the Deerfield man, accused of killing his girlfriend’s mother with a baseball bat, said he would...(size: 3.2Kb)
Fox News
Some people may actually see sounds, say researchers who found this odd ability is possible when the parts of the brain devoted to vision are small. These findings points to a clever strategy the brain might use when vision is unreliable, investigators added. Scientists took a closer look at...(size: 4.8Kb)
DNA India
People with perfect pitch seem to possess their own inner pitch pipe, allowing them to sing a specific note without first hearing a reference tone. This skill has long been associated with early and extensive musical training, but a new research has suggested that perfect pitch may have as much to...(size: 2.8Kb)
