This group of girls are all deaf, and they advocate the rights of people with disabilities. They've named themselves Guan Yin, meaning goddess of mercy. It literally means, "godess who hears those who are crying." That's so beautiful, considering that they're all deaf for one, and that they are activists for people with disabilities ( Read more... )

A lot. Her vid for "last friday night" reaches new levels in stupidity, ugliness, and sluttiness. I don't care what Katy says; don't act like whores, girls ( Read more... )

On wired.com, there are a few short but really interesting articles.

Musicians discern speech sounds presented with noise better than nonmusicians because musicians have trained their brains to pick out certain musical sounds in the presence of others, which probably bleeds into speech sound discrimination.

Babies might see different colors ( Read more... )

In what language do deaf people, deaf from birth, think in? Dream in? How do they formulate their thoughts? To me, it's so automatic to think in english. I asked my dad what language he thinks in, and it's spanish.