Acodosis

Acidosis: high acidity in the blood, or body fluids.  Delicious junk food = high acidosis.  Sigh.  Cruel world. Acidosis comes from Latin acidus: sour, bitter, or tart.

Acronym

Acronym: A word created from the first letters of other words.  For example: NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration. BOOK – Box Of Organized Knowledge CLASS – Come Late And Start Sleeping PHD – Please Hire.  Desperate. From Greek...

Acid

Acid: When an adjective, Acid means: sour, sharp or biting to the taste, having the taste of vinegar, as in acid fruits. When a noun, an Acid is a chemical substance that neutralizes alkalis From Latin acidus: sour, bitter, or tart.

What happens in the brain when you learn a foreign language?

This interesting article by Alison Mackey showed up in the Guardian.  Thought some of you might find it encouraging. Learning a foreign language can increase the size of your brain. This is what Swedish scientists discovered when they used brain scans to monitor what...