School In The UK Teaches Students 40 Languages

March 11, 2008
ewbury Park Primary School, located in Redbridge, northeast London, has a competitive edge that no other school in the world can probably equal-it teaches its 850 students 40 languages. According to British newspaper The Independent, the school has adopted a policy of teaching each language spoken by the 40 ethnic groups represented in the school.

Last Of The Alaskan Eyaks Dies; Unique Language Dies As Well

January 23, 2008
Marie Smith Jones, 89, the last Eyak Indian, has died and with her the Eyak tongue; one of 20 languages spoken in northwestern Alaska. "She understood as only someone in her unique position could, what it meant to be the last of her kind," Michael Krauss, a linguist at the Alaska Native Languages Center, told the Anchorage Daily News. "I don't know why it's me, why I'm the one. I tell you, it hurts. It really hurts," Jones once said of being the last one to talk the language.

Glowing Pig Bears Glowing Piglets

January 10, 2008
A cloned pig bioengineered by Chinese scientists to glow fluorescent green when exposed to ultraviolet light has produced two piglets that also glow in the same way. Liu Zhonghua, a professor overseeing the breeding program of cloned and genetically-altered pigs at Northeast Agricultural University in China's Heilongjiang Province, reported the birth of the special piglets in the school's website on Tuesday. The breeding program is aimed at developing technology to produce pigs whose organs will be transplanted to humans.

Cat Survives For Two Months After Being Locked In A Shed

January 6, 2008
Without food and water for nearly two months, a cat accidentally locked in a garden shed by her owner survived by licking condensation off the windows. According to her owner, he had almost given up Emmy for lost after the ten-year old cat failed to show up.

Portland Man Recovers After Putting Eastern Diamondback Rattler In His Mouth

September 18, 2007
A Portland man almost died when he tested fate and put his pet rattlesnake in his mouth. Of course, the risky behavior came after a few beers with his friends, but nonetheless it nearly got him killed.
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