Want to Make Rational Decisions? Think About Them In a Foreign Language. | 80beats | Discover Magazine. Even when we understand a foreign language, what should be emotionally charged phrases, such swears or expressions of love, just don’t register the same emotional effect. The researchers think that’s why the participants were able to make more […]

Bricolage and the Tangled Bank: Happy Mistranslations of Evolution | The Loom | Discover Magazine. One of the most interesting parts of writing a book is seeing what emerges from the mind of your translator. I’ve usually had good luck with translators.

A few ways to customize Excel to increase your productivity | TechRepublic.   Customizing a new install of Excel can help you work more efficiently from the get-go. How you customize Excel depends on you, but here are a few tweaks that most users will benefit from.

Reducing the risk of contracting malware on Macs | TechRepublic.   It’s unlikely that Apple will ever completely protect Macs from the harsh realities of the web, but the Mac is indeed a very secure platform and with a little effort, you can reduce yours or your users’ risk of being infected.

Nevada Court Interpreters Protest Wage Cuts | PRI’s The World.   In the US, many courts throughout the nation have also been cutting wages for interpreters.

How Exercise Could Lead to a Better Brain – NYTimes.com.   Using sophisticated technologies to examine the workings of individual neurons — and the makeup of brain matter itself — scientists in just the past few months have discovered that exercise appears to build a brain that resists physical shrinkage and enhance cognitive flexibility. Exercise, […]

Oil and Gas Translation: Technical tips to increase your success rate | Translation Source. If you work in the field or are looking into expanding into oil & gas, this is a good piece.

AP’s approval of ‘hopefully’ symbolizes larger debate over language – The Washington Post. Linguistic battlefields are scattered with the wreckage left behind by Nauseated vs. Nauseous, by Healthy vs. Healthful, by the legions of people who perpetuated the union between “regardless” and “irrespective,” creating a Frankensteinian hybrid, “irregardless.”

NAJIT Blog. What Not to Wear–and Why -by Kathleen When the subject of dressing for court comes up, the advice I often hear is “dress like an attorney.” Well, yes and no. I know a number of attorneys whose style of dress I wouldn’t want to emulate in a thousand years.