Language-learning app Duolingo recently combed through a mountain of user data to find the best times each day to practice a foreign language. Its findings were published today at Quartz. The findings ...

Science shows that learning a second language can help you solve problems more critically, focus more intensely, and even keep your brain sharp as you age. And that’s not even mentioning the practical ...

For many, the Spanish class you took in high school wasn't enough to really learn the language. You showed up to class, took the notes, aced the test — but you just weren't able to master it. Perhaps ...

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The fastest way to learn something new — a language, a concept, or an instrument — hinges on how hard it is, according to a study published in November 2019. If a task is too easy or tough to tackle, ...

If there was one positive that followed us out of lockdowns, it was the return of the hobby. I, like many, dabbled in a few. First there were puzzles, which I gave up very quickly. Then website design ...

Speaking different langauges is great; it's the learning part that sucks. Language education has come on in leaps and bounds in the last few decades. Rote memorization is gone, replaced with changing ...

Small children do many things better than adults. My 5-year-old son is better at getting attention from women than I am, he is better at falling asleep in improbable places, and he is better at ...

The ubiquity of translation software – which nowadays can even (roughly) translate conversations as you speak on your mobile – might make today seem like a good time to be a monoglot. But ropey ...

— Robert Wilson, a researcher at the University of Arizona. Engineers have spent decades coming up with tech solutions to air pollution. But the best fix might also be the simplest and cheapest: ...