The scientists created an experiment that mimicked how young children learn new words.

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For Muslims the need is to acknowledge that they have to learn in new ways how to hear and understand the words of the Koran in the dramatically altered conditions of the world they inhabit if they are going to contribute as a people positively to its advancement as once in the past other Muslims did.

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Each week we highlight a new young person and learn about their inspiring work through their own words.

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In any case, the new version of the robo-pet can learn up to 50 words in either Japanese or English.

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As I train myself to cast off words, as I learn to erase word-thoughts, I begin to feel a new world rising up around me.

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