Language
Your child knows English. So why are they afraid to speak it?
Knowing English and speaking it are different skills. Here’s how confidence, conversation practice and the right learning environment can help children become fluent speakers.
Putting conversation first: Jerusalem ulpan founder reflects on 18 years of teaching Hebrew to olim
Banking made more accessible, in every language
Israeli AI English-learning startup Loora raises $22m. in Series B
Israeli start-up wins biggest ed-tech competition in the world
Israeli ed-tech company Storywizard won the award for its use of AI in the field of education.
Breathless burdens: Coping with pain
How a new genetic tool can help you track ancient relatives
The researchers applied "ancIBD" to ancient genomes from across Eurasia and found hundreds of previously undetected pairs of relatives.
Artificial intelligence can predict events in people’s lives and even their deaths
A Danish study analyzed registry data on residence, education, income, health, and working conditions to make predictions with high accuracy,
Can artificial intelligence predict what's going to happen in your life?
Protecting sensitive data, preserving privacy, and addressing biases in the data are challenges that must be tackled before models like this can be deployed.
My Word: A time, a place, and a word for it
I don’t seem to have lived my year on the same page as the Oxford wordsmiths, and perhaps we live in a parallel universe.
Boost your vocabulary throughout your life – not just in school – to become a better reader
Vocabulary is something you have to work on your whole life, stressed Sigmundsson. “We have to work on our vocabulary from birth, throughout our school years, and really our whole lives.”
The history of war idioms and expressions
Let’s take a look at some idioms related to battle and see what they mean and how they originated.
'Dee Inglish Revolooshon': Changing the spelling of the English language - review
A new book describes a revolution in the English language, changing it for sound-based spelling.
Oxford University Press announces Word of the Year 2023
This year's winner means to have "style, charm, or attractiveness; the ability to attract a romantic or sexual partner.”
