Study suggests words are needed to think about numbers
Among adults who vary in their knowledge of number words, the ability to reason about numbers is bound by the highest number they can count to.
Among adults who vary in their knowledge of number words, the ability to reason about numbers is bound by the highest number they can count to.
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Geophysicists Camilla Cattania and William Frank team up to explore the tectonics and fault mechanics behind earthquakes, and their associated hazards.
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Through MIT’s Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, students explore research topics relevant to their own interests, the MCSC, and member companies.
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An accidental discovery and a love of spectroscopic perturbations leads to the solution of a 90-year-old puzzle.
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