Top universities in China are beginning to drop the English requirement test. This shows that English in losing its dominance internationally and Chinese may indeed be the language of the future.

A campaign has been started to stop the use of the word "retarded" to refer to people who has intellectual and developmental disabilities. Over the years it has become a derogatory word that children use in schools to assault others. The word also makes disabled people feel excluded from others. I thought this was a good step to potentially stop bullying.

You know the word exists, and you know what it means, but you just can't spit it out. It's one of the most frustrating feelings. New research suggests the forgetfulness may have to do with how frequently we use certain words. The findings could help scientists understand more about how the brain organizes and remembers language.

Bilingual babies use cues such as pitch or word duration to tell two languages apart. Babies in bilingual environments can learn to distinguish the grammatical structures of two different languages at a young age. The research shows that bilingual babies use qualities like pitch and duration of sounds to keep two languages separate.