Abstract: Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) holds great promise for enhancing informal second language (L2) learning, but its impact largely depends on how it is used. This study explores the ...

Ph.D. candidate Yuchen Lian (LIACS) wants to understand why human languages look the way they do—and find inspiration to ...

Abstract: The paper presents an approach for machine translation of standardized medical terminology using a large pretrained language model. Manual translation of these terms currently requires a lot ...

Overview: C and C++ remain the most important languages for fast, low-memory embedded devices. Newer languages like Rust and Python bring safety, simplicity, an ...

This video features an American polyglot bargaining with only five euros while switching between six different languages. It captures fun interactions, cultural moments, and the creativity of ...

After Typhoon Merbok slammed into Western Alaska in 2022, some Yup’ik and Iñupiaq language speakers were confronted with unintelligible translations in federal disaster assistance materials. The ...

My little theory is that the concept of “imprinting” in psychology can just as easily be applied to programming: Much as a baby goose decides that the first moving life-form it encounters is its ...

Julia Roberts brought the glamour to the Gotham Awards 2025. Roberts, 58, attended the annual awards show with After the Hunt director Luca Guadagnino, which was held at Cipriani Wall Street in New ...

Linux users often hear phrases like “the terminal is faster” or “real Linux users don’t rely on the GUI.” While these statements are common in online communities, they rarely reflect how people ...

Why is it so easy to hear individual words in your native language, but in a foreign language they run together in one long stream of sound? Researchers from UC San Francisco have begun to answer that ...

State prison guards say they are doing so because their jobs have become more dangerous. A New York Times analysis points to a different reality. By Bianca Pallaro and Jan Ransom New York State prison ...