Scientists have discovered what happens to memory during sleep. Apparently, new neuron connections occur during sleep and this enables memory. This was experimented in mice and discovered. The article goes on to say that sleep deprivation leads to a lot of issues and on the other hand sleeping is actually good for our head. The article ends with the recommendation to students to learn and go to sleep early rather than sit into the night and learn. The former ensures that the stuff learnt are imprinted in the memory. Now if only someone could inform the sun to come up later, we could actually sleep more.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-27695144
Languages also convey unique cultures. Cherokee, for example, has no word for goodbye, only “I will see you again”. Likewise, no phrase exists for “I’m sorry”. On the other hand, it has special expressions all its own. One word – oo-kah-huh-sdee –represents the mouth-watering, cheek-pinching delight experienced when seeing an adorable baby or a kitten. “All of these things convey a culture, a way of interpreting human behaviour and emotion that’s not conveyed the same way as in the English language,” Belt says. Without the language, the culture itself might teeter, or even disappear. “If we are to survive, to continue on and to exist as a people with a distinct and unique culture,” he continues, “then we have to have a language.”
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140606-why-we-must-save-dying-languages
How big is space? Find it here.
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140305-interactive-infographic-of-space
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-27695144
Languages also convey unique cultures. Cherokee, for example, has no word for goodbye, only “I will see you again”. Likewise, no phrase exists for “I’m sorry”. On the other hand, it has special expressions all its own. One word – oo-kah-huh-sdee –represents the mouth-watering, cheek-pinching delight experienced when seeing an adorable baby or a kitten. “All of these things convey a culture, a way of interpreting human behaviour and emotion that’s not conveyed the same way as in the English language,” Belt says. Without the language, the culture itself might teeter, or even disappear. “If we are to survive, to continue on and to exist as a people with a distinct and unique culture,” he continues, “then we have to have a language.”
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140606-why-we-must-save-dying-languages
How big is space? Find it here.
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140305-interactive-infographic-of-space
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