Erro de “comunicação” causou destruição do Mars Orbiter

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Girl Denied A Passport Because Her Name Is ‘Harriet’

If you want to name your baby girl Harriet, don’t live in Iceland. The country recently denied 10-year-old Harriet Cardew’s passport renewal request because her name doesn’t comply with Icelandic baby naming laws. Her name doesn’t appear on the approved list of 1,853 female and 1,712 boy names,The Guardian reports. Icelandic laws state that unless both parents… Read More

What’s in a minute?

The Information Age (also known as the Computer Age, Digital Age, or New Media Age) is a period in human history characterized by the shift from traditional industry that the industrial revolution brought through industrialization, to an economy based on information computerization. The onset of the Information Age is associated with the Digital Revolution, just as the Industrial Revolution marked the onset of the Industrial Age. During… Read More

Interesting facts about languages of the world

1. How many languages are there? It’s estimated that up to 7,000 different languages are spoken around the world. 90% of these languages are used by less than 100,000 people. Over a million people converse in 150-200 languages and 46 languages have just a single speaker! Languages are grouped into families that share a common… Read More

More Innocent English Mistakes From New English Language Students

O objetivo deste post NÃO é ironizar alunos que estão aprendendo inglês. Erros são naturais no aprendizado de um segundo idioma, especialmente expressões idiomáticas e colocações. Os erros abaixo, embora engraçados, podem ajudar a descobrir  novas expressões, ampliar o vocabulário e evitar erros que são comuns, mas não óbvios. The objective of this post is NOT… Read More

Monday Phobia

Disclaimer – This article does not intend to offer treatment nor intended to be taken seriously. THIS IS A JOKE. Monday phobia Fear of Monday is a phobia that affects over 250,000 people in America alone. It is defined as a fear of Monday of any form or kind. People suffering from the fear of… Read More

Neither men nor women: they are more creative TOGETHER

Abstract An experiment is reported in which the effect of sex composition on the creativity of brainstorming groups is investigated. It was hypothesized that mixed sex groups would be more creative than either homogeneous male or homogeneous female groups. Fifteen groups, consisting of four members each two males and two females; four females; four males,… Read More