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Saturday September 8th, 2018 night edition

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As we outlined in our last article about the best way to learn Spanish, an incredibly useful method early on is to consume as much media in the language you want to learn as possible!.

That’s why we’ve put together this detailed list of films you need to check out.

You can put a film on to enjoy and let your brain slowly and quietly start picking out the sounds and associating them with the meanings.

Or even just picking out the sounds themselves - if you’re just starting off, you’ll probably find it can be hard to differentiate words, so these kinds of exercises can help.

In this Idyoma article, we’re going to go through a host of Spanish language films and give you an intro into what they’re all about.

But first, as this is an article about cinema, we have to do a pseudo-intellectual secondary intro, so hold on tight or just skip past to the list!.

Spanish movies from Spain give you an insight into the nation. »

The Flash of Genius

Authored by newyorker.com
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Between 1950 and 1975, three out of every four patents in the circuit courts were ruled invalid or not infringed.

The boom in intellectual property has been good for the Patent Office; patents are its principal source of income.

Last year, the Patent Office took in two hundred and forty-five million dollars from patent and trademark fees, its best year ever. »

Antidepressants may cause antibiotic resistance

Authored by uq.edu.au

A key ingredient in common antidepressants such as Prozac could be causing antibiotic resistance according to new University of Queensland research.

Dr Guo said while overuse and misuse of antibiotics is generally considered the major factor contributing to the creation of ‘superbugs', researchers were often unaware that non-antibiotic pharmaceuticals could also cause antibiotic resistance.

“Our previous study reported that triclosan, a common ingredient in toothpaste and hand wash can directly induce antibiotic resistance,” he said. »

Doctors said the coma patients would never wake. AI said they would - and they did

Authored by scmp.com
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At least seven patients in Beijing who doctors said had “no hope” of regaining consciousness were re-evaluated by an artificial intelligence system that predicted they would awaken within a year.

After going through his brain scans, however, the computer gave him more than 20 points, close to the full score.

A 36-year-old man who suffered bilateral brainstem damage after a stroke was given low scores by both doctors and AI. »