Speaking your mind

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Language allows migrations to be traced and linguistic diversity enriches specch and poetry. Language was said to affect perception, but this is not as simple as first appeared. Adults lose the ability to distinguish and produce sounds if they do not hear and use them in their language. Differences in perception are subtle and deeply rooted. They are not due to language as such, and are more related to different customs in different societies.

Analysis, Perception, Perception (Psychology), Sociolinguistics

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Plain speaking with a world to win; the centenary of JBS Haldane, radical scientist and populist communicator

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JBS Haldane published his first work when he was 19, the start of his career as a mathematical biologist. He served in the First World War, then went into research on genetics, enzymes and inheritance at Oxford. He was a keen supporter of the Russian system originally, and opposed fascism by fighting in the Spanish Civil War. Haldane also enjoyed writing and broadcasting.

Biography, Haldane, J.B.S.

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Jury out in the cold on science

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Scientific expertise has reached the position of presumed authority, although lay attitudes to science and technical knowledge are usually ambivalent. However recent research indicates a sceptical public attitude to scientific expertise, and there is a need to take the public's concern about the impact of science on society seriously.

Social aspects, Science, Public opinion, Culture, Science and civilization

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