Language
Should we still learn foreign languages? - opinion
Artificial intelligence is quietly challenging one of education’s oldest assumptions. For thousands of years, if you wanted to understand other people, you had to learn their language.
The treatment that caused autistic children to start talking
Finally: Gemini’s new feature brings it back into the game
Iranian-Americans could strengthen US strategy against Iran - opinion
Ancient Kushan script deciphered after 70 years - what does it say?
Approximately 60% of the characters in the Kushan script have been decoded, and the researchers are continuing their efforts to decipher the remaining characters.
American psychologists: the mere detection of hateful language is not a real solution
Despite efforts to address the language of hate in the public sphere, the psychological processes involved in hateful language remain unclear.
What are the most spoken languages in the world? The answers may surprise you
Exploring the popularity and influence of English and Chinese in global language rankings. And a word about Hebrew.
Remembering Moshe Shaul: The man who helped revive Ladino
Scholars and Ladino speakers agree that he single-handedly revived the language at a time when it was on the decline and Sephardi culture had lost relevance.
Israeli Finance Minister Smotrich admits he has trouble speaking English
A video of Smotrich speaking before the Israel Bonds conference in broken English went viral in March.
Bilingualism can have surprising neurological benefits
It turns out that knowing a second language is not only good for when you travel overseas or for expanding your range of jobs.
Unbabel enhances AI translation tech with acquisition of Israel-based Bablic
The acquisition will help facilitate performance of websites world wide, by helping them translate them through AI.
Where do medical terms, disease names come from?
In the medical field, there are many terms and physical conditions that are named for people or trace their origins to Latin roots.
Toxic boss gaslighting you? What these pop-psychology terms really mean
A number of words used by psychologists have started being used in everyday discourse, but these words like toxic, gaslighting, and OCD are being misused. Here's what they really mean.
Israel, Yad L'Olim reach breakthrough in healthcare accessibility for olim
Healthcare providers will now receive funding to employ medical experts able to communicate with Olim in their native languages.
