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Infants Can Recognize Lullabies in Unfamiliar Languages
An exciting new study is being published in the journal Nature Human Behaviour that demonstrates that infants are able to recognize and react to lullabies even if they are unfamiliar and in another language. The authors studied 144 infants from the Boston area and played them 16 different songs. 8 of the songs were infant-directed…
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Why is the Michelin Man White?
I’ve often wondered why the Michelin man is white. He’s the mascot for a tire company and tires are usually black, right? He’s white because rubber is white, rather natural rubber starts out white. It only becomes black during the manufacturing process. Rubber begins as a white, sticky latex and turns black when carbon black,…