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Scientists discover oldest words in the English language, predict which ones are likely to disappear

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 26, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (22) | comments 9

The oldest words in the English language include "I" and "who", while words like "dirty" could die out relatively quickly, British researchers said Thursday.





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Discovery of the oldest European marsupial

Discovery of the oldest European marsupial

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Remains of one of the oldest known marsupials have been recovered in Charente-Maritime by a palaeontologist team from the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (CNRS, France) and the ...


Pages of the Codex Sinaiticus are pictured on a laptop in Westminster Cathedral, central London

World's oldest surviving Bible published online

Technology / Internet

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 0

About 800 pages of the world's oldest surviving Bible have been pieced together and published on the Internet for the first time, experts in Britain said Monday.


US seniors 'smarter' than their English peers: study

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 11

U.S. seniors performed significantly better than their counterparts in England on standard tests of memory and cognitive function, according to a new study.


Twitter was amond top searches in 2009

2009: the Year of Twitter

Technology / Internet

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The year has not yet ended but Microsoft says "Twitter" was among the top searches of 2009 on its new search engine Bing and a company which monitors language has crowned it the top word of the year.


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US residents gorging on data bytes: study

Technology / Internet

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

If the data devoured in the United States last year were converted to text there would be enough books to bury the country under a pile seven feet (two meters) deep, according to a study released Wednesday.


Education does not protect against age-related memory loss, say USC researchers

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 09, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Adults over 70 with higher levels of education forgot words at a greater rate than those with less education, according to a new study from the University of Southern California.


T.rex's oldest ancestor identified

T.rex's oldest ancestor identified

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Remains of the oldest-known relative of T.rex have been identified, more than 100 years after being pulled out of a Gloucestershire reservoir, according to research published in the Zoological Jo ...


Measured -- The time it takes us to find the words we need

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- The time it takes for our brains to search for and retrieve the word we want to say has been measured for the first time. The discovery is reported in a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Ac ...


Thoughtful words help couples stay fighting fit

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Couples who bring thoughtful words to a fight release lower amounts of stress-related proteins, suggesting that rational communication between partners can ease the impact of marital conflict on the immune system.


Britain?s oldest dinosaur to be released

Britain's oldest dinosaur to be released

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- After 210 million years of being entombed in rock, the Bristol Dinosaur is about to be released, thanks to a Heritage Lottery Fund grant awarded to the University of Bristol.



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