When Hudson read N's note, he recognized the potential significance of the claims and posted them on the Internet. He also coined the term 'hyperpolyglot', which he defined as someone who speaks six languages or more.
In 1996, Dick Hudson, a professor of linguistics at University College London posted an email to a listserve for language scientists asking who held the world record for the number of languages they could speak.
Facebook admitted that they manipulated the number of positive and negative posts in the news feeds of over half a million users. Understandably, many people were upset.
Plenty of players benefit, or suffer, from the notion of clutch. No one would declare Willie Mays’s career a failure for his low postseason batting average, but Barry Bonds was dogged for much of his career because of it.
A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind.
Post-Impressionist Paul Gauguin went to Tahiti in search of a tropical paradise of voluptuous, bare-breasted women. That's not what he found, but it didn't stop him from painting it.
Facebook has revealed that it manipulated the news feeds of over half a million users to change the number of positive and negative posts they saw. Many people think this sort of psychological testing crosses the line.
Facebook has revealed that it manipulated the news feeds of over half a million users to change the number of positive and negative posts they saw. Many people think this sort of psychological testing crosses the line.
Facebook has revealed that it manipulated the news feeds of over half a million users to change the number of positive and negative posts they saw. Many people think this sort of psychological testing crosses the line.
For the first time, living people will be eligible to be honored on U.S. postage stamps, the Postal Service considering acclaimed musicians, athletes, artists, and other national figures.
For the first time, living people will be eligible to be honored on U.S. postage stamps. The Postal Service considering acclaimed musicians, athletes, artists, and other national figures.
The Italian designer has pulled off the feat of resuscitating a barely breathing 56-year-old brand, leaving it not just in a stable postoperative state but vigorously kicking.
Ex-con Jensen Ames is forced by the warden of a notorious prison to compete in our post-industrial world's most popular sport: a car race in which inmates must brutalize and kill one another on the road to victory.
Turkey’s court-ordered ban on Twitter was widely subverted by many of the 12 million Turkish users of the social network, who found ways to gain access to the platform and posted defiant messages of protest.
Turkey’s court-ordered ban on Twitter was widely subverted by many of the 12 million Turkish users of the social network, who found ways to gain access to the platform and posted defiant messages of protest.
Turkey’s court-ordered ban on Twitter was widely subverted by many of the 12 million Turkish users of the social network, who found ways to gain access to the platform and posted defiant messages of protest.
A Vietnamese court sentenced a dissident blogger to 15 months in prison for posting online criticism of the government, the latest case in an intensifying crackdown against dissent in the one-party communist country.
A Vietnamese court sentenced a dissident blogger to 15 months in prison for posting online criticism of the government, the latest case in an intensifying crackdown against dissent in the one-party communist country.
A Vietnamese court sentenced a dissident blogger to 15 months in prison for posting online criticism of the government, the latest case in an intensifying crackdown against dissent in the one-party communist country.
If you overeat on Thanksgiving beware the "food coma." The post-meal fatigue may be real, but the condition is giving turkeys a bad rap due to the misconception that the bird's dose of tryptophan causes sleepiness.