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Julie Sedivy has taught linguistics and psychology at Brown University and the University of Calgary. She is the author of Language in Mind: An Introduction to Psycholinguistics and most recently, Linguaphile: A Life of Language Love.

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Mumbling Isn’t a Sign of Laziness—It’s a Clever Data-Compression Trick

The Brilliant “Baloney Slicer” That Started the Digital Age

Why Spaceflight Will Never Be as Safe as Modern Aviation

Making Sense of Data Stored in Our Machines—& in Our Heads

Goodbye, Turing Test; Bring on the Turing Decathlon

6 Pieces of Art That Open Minds—and Get Stuff Done

Art’s Biggest Wheel Turns Toward Science

Finding the Perfect Amount of Creativity in Cars & Religion

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