I knew someone who claimed to speak 13 languages. Well, good for them, you’ll say. The phenomenon of (hyper) polyglots is well-known and well-documented. Articles and books have been written about people with the extraordinaryContinue reading

“Here is this three-pound mass of jelly you can hold in the palm of your hand, and it can contemplate the vastness of interstellar space. It can contemplate the meaning of infinity and it canContinue reading

Are you all sitting comfortably, with a beverage and some snacks? Great! Let’s start this Greek lesson with our first word. No, nothing as simple as “Hello!” or “Good morning!” or, even, “Can I pleaseContinue reading