Maggie Penman
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- Sep 27, 2026
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The surprising method dogs use to understand human language (opens the original)
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Washington: Humans have sophisticated language abilities that could be unique to our species – but dogs, it turns out, may have learnt some of our tricks. In research from Hungary published this week in the journal Science, scientists found that dogs use the same strategy to pick out words in streams of speech that human infants do: they listen for consonants to figure out when one word ends and another begins. “This is what we call the consonant bias,” explained Attila Andics, a cognitive neuro
Dogs use a surprising method to understand human language, new study suggests (opens the original)
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Humans have sophisticated language abilities that could be unique to our species – but dogs, it turns out, may have learned some of our tricks. In new research out of Hungary published this week in the journal Science, scientists found that dogs use the same strategy to pick out words in streams of speech that human infants do: They listen for consonants to figure out when one word ends and another begins. “This is what we call the consonant bias,” explained Attila Andics, a cognitive neuroscien
Willpower alone doesn’t work. Here’s what does, according to an expert (opens the original)
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Michael Phelps competing at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Psychologist Angela Duckworth points to Phelps as an example of grit because of his extreme dedication to his sport - but he had to be in the right situation with the right people for that effort to pay off. Photo / Getty Images Psychologist Angela Duckworth says that “grit” isn’t enough. We need to put ourselves in the right environment to reach our goals. Swimmer Michael Phelps is famous for his work ethic, his incredible drive to suc
They’re friends. They’re both 109. Here are their longevity secrets (opens the original)
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Velma Long, left, and Dorothy Boggess in Boggess’s home in Washington last week. Photo / Tyler M. Andrews, The Washington Post Velma Long and Dorothy Boggess were born in the US in 1917 and became friends at age 23, during World War II. Dorothy Boggess starts every day the same way: with exercises in her kitchen. She plugs in an old boom box and hits play on the Cha Cha Slide. Then she stands with a hand on the counter, swinging one leg and then the other back and forth. When DJ Casper asks how
How these people used exercise to cope with unbearable grief (opens the original)
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Scientists are beginning to study the ways that exercise can help bereaved people navigate loss. Myra Sack has always been an athlete. She was picked first for neighbourhood basketball games when she was growing up outside the US city of Philadelphia. Sack, 38, went on regular jogs throughout most of her pregnancy. After Sack’s daughter Havi was born, the little girl loved the movement of the running stroller. Havi was 15 months old when she was diagnosed with Tay-Sachs, a rare and fatal genetic
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