Punctuation that packs a powerful punch

It’s easy to think of punctuation as just a few dots and dashes, but in today’s world of texting and messaging, those little marks carry a lot of weight. A single period can make a message feel cold and a missing exclamation point might seem like a snub. Why is punctuation suddenly so loaded?

Dyslexia has its advantages

Dyslexia has its advantages

Some famous names such as Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking, Steve Jobs and Sir Richard Branson have something in common. Are you surprised to hear that it’s dyslexia?

Thought to be a learning disability that affects one in five people, a recent study proves otherwise. Scientists claim….

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The database debate

The database debate

Oracle’s bold vision to build a national medical records database has put this challenging issue back in the conversation with its recent acquisition of Cerner. We think it’s worth a snapshot look at the selected opinions of various experts.

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This is for the birds!

This is for the birds!

There is more to bird chirping than you may realize. Officially called birdsong, these natural sounds are used in business and educational settings, and researchers rely on their clarity and consistency to study environmental disturbances.

Is that music to your ears?

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Something for your sweet tooth

Something for your sweet tooth

Doughnuts anyone? And while you’re dunkin’ one in your morning coffee, you can contemplate how the hole came to be in the middle…because it wasn’t always that way.

The story of what might seem to be about a contemporary confection actually had ancient beginnings, but we’re just going to cut to the chase

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Do you smell a good idea here?

Do you smell a good idea here?

Can you imagine a smell library that stores data collected with biochemical sensors, optics and machine learning? Can you envision an AI-powered digital nose that uses similar receptors to those in your nose to smell whatever you can smell?

Sounding a bit too futuristic?

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