The following article discusses the concept of a language universal which would validate Chomsky’s controversial theory about a “universal grammar.” It was written as an Ars Technica article by Cathleen O’Grady and posted August 6, 2015: Language takes an astonishing variety of forms across the world—to such a huge extent that a long-standing debate rages around the question of whether all languages have...
Read MoreA NASA press release dated July 20, 2015, and with the title above points out that a new NASA study has concluded California accumulated a debt of about 20 inches of precipitation between 2012 and 2015 — the average amount expected to fall in the state in a single year. The deficit was driven primarily by a lack of air currents moving inland from the Pacific Ocean that are rich in water vapor. In an average year, 20 to 50...
Read More“Fog season is with us once again. And whether it’s the ground-level “pea soup” of legend or the looming overcast known as the marine layer, there’s a reason it’s called California’s natural air-conditioning: fog and clouds are vital cogs in keeping the coastal thermostat turned down. But that advantage could be disappearing” (source). KQED Science Editor Craig Miller talks with climate...
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