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A new study suggests that everyday multilingual habits—from chatting with neighbors to revisiting a childhood language—may help preserve memory, attention, and brain flexibility as we age. An ...

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Speaking multiple languages could slow down brain ageing and help to prevent cognitive decline, a study of more than 80,000 people has found. The work, published in Nature Aging on 10 November, ...

Google Translate is getting a couple of upgrades that give it a serious functional boost. The mobile app now enables back-and-forth chats in real time with voice and on-screen text translations. The ...

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