Wed. 12/01 - Duolingo's Bizarre Sentences
Dec 01, 2021•19 min
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Episode description
Why does Duolingo use such weird and sometimes deeply relatable phrases to teach its users new languages? Plus, the real science behind the much-hyped “first living robots that can now reproduce.” And the origins of the twelve days of Christmas. Like, the actual days. Not the song about turtle doves.
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Links:
- Why are Duolingo sentences so weird? (Slate)
- ‘Amazing science’: researchers find xenobots can give rise to offspring (The Guardian)
- Interesting research, but no, we don’t have living, reproducing robots (Ars Technica)
- Bizarre Creatures Are World's First Self-Replicating 'Living Robots', Scientists Say (Science Alert)
- Christmas: A Candid History by Bruce David Forbes
- Jack's Countdown to Christmas (Instagram)
- Kottke.Org
- Jackson Bird on Twitter
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