Computers figuring out what words mean

They might be able to build an AI that can surf the Web for me, but no machine can replace me until it learns to pay taxes, complain, gossip and contribute to economic growth by shopping. ""We have taught the computer virtually all the meanings of words and phrases in the...

For Each word you Get right they donate 20 grains of rice to the UN

If anyone has time to waste (haha) or better yet, wants to improve their vocabulary, this website allows you to learn vocabulary and as you lpay, they donate rice to hungry people. The site owners say they make no money from this. It is done by advertisements on the bottom...

Why Toddlers' Vocabulary Grows Quickly

"McMurray considered the 2,000 most frequently spoken words of the English language. The list includes easy words and more challenging ones.McMurray theorizes that there's a tipping point at which children's vocabulary typically takes off.[..]"They have to be learning more...

When Cells Stop Working

"Children keep dying from mysterious illnesses that have been traced to tiny structures called mitochondria. Nothing worries parents more than a sick infant--especially when nobody can figure out what's wrong. For Asher Gould's parents, the uncertainty lasted for the first...

Orwell Today

"Then came Hitler, the Spanish Civil War, etc. By the end of 1935 I had still failed to reach a firm decision. The Spanish war and other events in 1936-37 turned the scale and thereafter I knew where I stood. Every line of serious work that I have written..."

Over 500,000 copies are sold throughout the world EVERY YEAR

George Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four". What is the secret of this book that makes people all over the world keep buying it, year after year, after year? That 500,000 copies sold every year, only counts the English language translation. This book is translated into...