The best news I've read lately is about how, with the help of artificial intelligence, a team of engineers and papyrologists managed to decipher some of the hidden text from ancient scrolls, nearly 2,000 years old, which were buried under layers of volcanic ash from the eruption of Italy's Mount Vesuvius, that also buried th…

I was in awe when I found out about Koko , the gorilla who learned to talk using sign language. Penny Patterson was already talking with Koko for 45 years when I found out about her initiative. But we're living in faster communication times now. So it took me just a couple of months (since her Instagram was up at least) to fin…

Am aflat azi de Makoko, orasul plutitor din Nigeria. Chiar daca la prima vedere zona pare saraca, murdara, e totusi ceva intrigant la oamenii care o populeaza si care  traiesc din pescuit si comert, in case de lemn inaltate pe butuci peste ape.  Aceasta este scoala, desprinsa parca din filmul Lumea Apelor.  Nu …

O idee simpla dar geniala: sa inveti un pui de gorila limbajul semnelor oamenilor, pentru a vedea daca poate invata sa comunice si mai ales ce va putea exprima. Se intampla acum 45 de ani in America, cand Penny Patterson, o studenta ce isi pregatea lucrarea de doctorat, a inceput sa invete o mica gorila limbajul semnelor, asa cu…