Previous research demonstrates that novelty (or the lack thereof) can have a profound effect on subsequent learning. For example, after toddlers explore novel objects for 1–2 min, they are significantly less likely to associate novel names with those objects than with still-novel objects (Horst,...
or even just a redesigned/repurposed version of our own world, often one of the first things a lot of young writers do is assign their characters, places, and things very interesting names. It’s kind of a trope by this point, but if I had to guess my prediction would be that to ...
M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZA Ator, the Fighting Eagle (1982) [Ator l'invincible] Ator is abducted by a beautiful witch who likes to play with snakes in bed, including an unusual Asian rat snake with a few common names: Ridley's beauty snake; cave dwelling rat snake; and...
Amazon themselves remain pretty silent: The last communication I had with them was two weeks ago, and was a sort of “We’ll tell you if we have any news, please let us contact you not the other way around” sort of message, but at this point I’m getting pretty annoyed. Far too ...
Flower Names Plants and flowers have two types of names: a common name and a scientific name. Common names usually describe something about appearance of the plant, such as Queen Anne's Lace. You might think that scientific names are more, well, scientific. But many, such asRafflesia arnoldi...
The balloons seemed to have names on the them but I couldn’t make them out. A light breeze rushed me I closed my eyes until I heard a branch snap and watched a balloon begin to fall, catching the breeze. I chased it, tackling it to the ground. I turned it over to find it was...
Here’s a jellyfish fact that might come in handy: There are several names for a group of jellyfish. They include smack, bloom, and swarm. Choose the word you prefer depending on whether you think the jellyfish pack looks like a garden of blooming flowers or more like a frightening pack...
The typical reason is that the deallocator used to deallocate the memory is not the correct deallocator to match the allocator of the memory. “But! But I’m using the C runtime all the time” exclaims the hapless and confused developer. “What have I done wrong?”. Typical scenarios fo...
However, the Russian and Turkish baths in New York have been in business for more than 125 years, serving locals and celebrities (think big names Robert De Niro and Frank Sinatra) alike. So, if you’re looking for a little detox sesh, then the Russian and Turkish Baths will provide you...
The last few years London has seen a bit of a gin renaissance after it fell out of favour decades ago, as the drink of aunts and nans at their Bridge Club. Let’s face it, classic names like Beefeater and Gordon’s are all British. So if anyone is going to bring gin back, it’...