“The benefits of becoming fluent in a foreign tongue are as underestimated as the difficulty is overestimated. Thousands of theoretical linguists will disagree, but I know from research and personal experimentation with more than a dozen languages that (1) adults can learn languages much faster than children when constant 9-5 work is removed and that (2) it is possible to become conversationally fluent in any language in six months or less. At four hours per day, six months can be whittled down to less than three months.” KnowsChildrenThreeLanguageHoursWorkFourMonthsBecomingSixBenefitsResearchAdultsDifficultyConstantTongueFasterDisagreeDozenSix MonthsTheoreticalExperimentationThree MonthsUnderestimatedFluentLinguists Author:Tim Ferriss
“Sesame Street is the epitome of children’s television. It has continued to maintain the successful structure that was established in the beginning. Through it’s amazing research department, teaching has been made fun. This, the heart and humor works for children and adults alike, that’s why I’m very honored to be a part of it.” HeartChildrenHas BeensMadeFunSuccessfulStreetsTeachingTelevisionResearchAdultsStructureDepartmentHonoredEpitomeSesame Street Author:Kevin Clash
“Research has shown that a barren environment is much more damaging to baby animals than it is to adult animals. It does not hurt the adult animals the same way it damages babies.” WayDoeHurtAnimalEnvironmentBabyResearchAdultsDamageBarren Author:Temple Grandin
“Research the imagination. It was as obsolete as the appendix in most adults, except for those in whom, like the appendix, it became inflamed for no reason.” ReasonImaginationResearchAdultsNo ReasonObsoleteAppendix Book:Wonders of the Invisible World Source: Wonders of the Invisible World
“Fortunately for common sense, psychological research has shown that babies with more than one attachment are less distressed whenmother leaves to go to work. They are more content and playful in the presence of other adults, meaning that they feel secure with people other than Mother.” PeopleFeelsMotherCommonBabyResearchAdultsSeparationCommon SensePsychologicalSecureAttachmentBondingPsychological Research Author:Sandra Scarr
“On the flip side, I've also had to struggle with saying "yes." Before I did this research and before I had my own breakdown and spiritual awakening around this work, my motto was, "Don't do anything that you're already not great at doing." Which I think is the way the majority of adults in our culture live. Authenticity is also about the courage and the vulnerability to say, "Yeah, I'll try it. I feel pretty uncomfortable and I feel a little vulnerable, but I'll try it!"” ThinkingWayFeelsTryingLittlesSpiritualCultureSidesMy OwnStruggleResearchAdultsYeahMajorityAwakeningAuthenticityVulnerableUncomfortableVulnerabilityMottoFlipSpiritual AwakeningBreakdownSaying YesMy Motto Author:Brené Brown
“To date, embryonic stem cell research has not produced a single medical treatment, where ethical, adult stem cell research has produced some 67 medical miracles.” ResearchAdultsMiracleMedicalCellsTreatmentEthicalStemStem CellMedical TreatmentStem Cell ResearchEmbryonic Stem Cell ResearchEmbryonic Stem Cells Author:Mike Pence
“What politicians do not understand is that [Ian] Wilmut discovered not so much a technical trick as a new law of nature. We now know that an adult mammalian cell can fire up all the dormant genetic instructions that shut down as it divides and specializes and ages, and thus can become a source of new life. You can outlaw technique; you cannot repeal biology. Writing after Wilmut's successful cloning of the sheep, Dolly, that research on the cloning of human beings cannot be suppressed.” KnowsLifeWritingHumansAgeLawScienceHuman BeingsSuccessfulFireSourcePoliticianResearchAdultsTechniqueTricksCellsBiologyDividesInstructionSheepNew LifeLaws Of NatureGeneticsOutlawDormantCloning Author:Charles Krauthammer
“There are still many unsolved problems about bird life, among which are the age that birds attain, the exact time at which some birds acquire their adult dress, and the changes which occur in this with years. Little, too, is known about the laws and routes of bird migration, and much less about the final disposition of the untold thousands which are annually produced.” YearsLittlesStillsProblemAgeLawScienceKnownBirdResearchAdultsDressesFinalsAcquireRoutesDispositionMigrationUnsolved Problems Author:Paul Bartsch