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There’s A Very Good Reason Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse’s Spanish Isn’t Subtitled
The fact that Miles Morales is a biracial kid who grew up in a multilingual household doesn’t always factor into how he saves the world as Spider-Man, but it’s an aspect of his identity that Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse writer Phil Lord made sure was part of the hero’s big-screen debut.
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Toddlers And Chimpanzees Share A Surprising Unspoken Language
Prior to developing the capacity for speech, toddlers communicate their desires, demands and discontent using a diverse repertoire of physical gestures. As a new study shows, there’s a significant amount of overlap between the gestures employed by human children and those made by other ape species, a finding that’s casting new light on the origin…
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Qapla’! Duolingo’s Klingon Course Is Finally Here
Today is a good day to learn. Duolingo has officially launched its Klingon language course, meaning Star Trek fans everywhere can teach themselves how to speak with honour.
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Artificial Intelligence May Have Cracked Freaky 600-Year-Old Voynich Manuscript
Since its discovery over a hundred years ago, the 240-page Voynich manuscript, filled with seemingly coded language and inscrutable illustrations, of has confounded linguists and cryptographers. Using artificial intelligence, Canadian researchers have taken a huge step forward in unravelling the document’s hidden meaning.