Caption -Caption: This is a photo of the charcoal combustion heater that Japanese scientists say will offer cleaner, more efficient home heating. Credit: Amit Suri Millions of homes in rural areas of Far Eastern countries are heated by charcoal burned on small, hibachi-style portable grills. Scientists in Japan are now reporting development of an improved [...]
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Experts explore ‘languages without ancestors’ during the 2009 AAAS Annual Meeting
posted in Culture, Science, SMPeople who are deaf create their own languages in a variety of circumstances, according to experts who will be discussing this phenomenon during the 2009 AAAS Annual Meeting, taking place 12-16 February 2009 in Chicago, Illinois. A single child with deafness, living in a family that uses spoken language, can invent simple gestures called “homesigns.” [...]