Interesting article on how reading books and embracing seemingly looked down upon majors like music, literature and such help when writing codes.

Researchers from Univ. of Washington did an experiment and found certain brain wave patterns can influence and make learning a second language easier/quicker.

How -phobic has changed in its use over the years and how it's used in various ways in society now.

Tibetan Entrepreneur detained for one and a half months according to his family. He writes and posts things to his Sina Weibo account and many of his posts express how he feels about the gradual extinction of Tibetan culture, he wants to enhance bilingual education. Chinese-ruled Tibetan regions have Mandarin taught as the main language and teach Tibetan like a foreign language.