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Lila Gleitman, whose pioneering work in linguistics and cognitive science broadened our understanding of how language works and how children learn it, died on August 8 in a Philadelphia hospital. She was 91.Her daughter Claire Gleitman…

“It's Never Too Late” is a new series that tells the stories of people who decide to make their dreams come true on their own.Rose Young has an uncanny ability to adapt to demanding jobs and intense situations. She was an FBI agent focused…

“It's Never Too Late” is a new series that tells the stories of people who decide to make their dreams come true on their own.Vijaya Srivastava's first 68 years were decidedly on land. She walked the Berkeley Hills in the San Francisco Bay…

First came the walks - and then apparently all at once the bikes.At the start of the pandemic, with endless lockdowns on the horizon, people released the monotony of their host families with short walks around the neighborhood on foot for…

Scott Cohen was on a ventilator struggling for his life with Covid-19 last April when his brothers pleaded with Plainview Hospital on Long Island to infuse him with the blood plasma of a recovered patient.The experimental treatment was hard…

Dr. Croney, previously unfamiliar with Equus, added, "We don't want to beat up what they do."Humans can "certainly influence" the behavior of horses, she said. "But it doesn't reflect any inherent quality in us, I say."Still, it is…

The bites that require hospitalization and surgical repair are the most serious injuries, such as: B. Infants bitten in the face and neck, which can damage many critical structures, including eyes and ears, and can also cause devastating…

As tech companies developed facial recognition systems that quickly resume government surveillance and compromise privacy, they may have received help from an unexpected source: your face.Corporations, universities, and government…