People with higher IQs are slow to detect large background movements because their brains filter out non-essential information, say US researchers.
Instead, they are good at detecting small moving objects.
The findings come in a study of 53 people given a simple, visual test in Current Biology.
The results could help scientists understand what makes a brain more efficient and more intelligent.
Glossary:
higher – mais altos
IQs (Intelligence Quotients) – QIs (Quocientes de Inteligência)
slow – lentos
background – de fundo
brains – cérebros
filter out – filtram
researchers – pesquisadores
small – pequenos
moving – em movimento
findings – descobertas
given – que receberam
understand – entenderem
Click here to read more The European launch of the "Facebook phone" has been delayed following disappointing US sales and negative feedback.
The HTC handset runs Facebook's enhanced Home software, designed to be more integrated into the smartphone than a normal app.
UK mobile operator EE confirmed that "following customer feedback" the Europe launch had been stalled.
Glossary:
launch – lançamento
has been delayed – foi adiada
following – após
disappointing – decepcionantes
sales – vendas
handset – telefone
enhanced – aprimorado
designed – destinado
stalled – suspenso, adiado
Click here to read more Twilight is up for seven prizes at this year's Teen Choice Awards.
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 is nominated in the sci-fi/fantasy and romance categories.
Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner from the films are also nominated in various acting categories.
Taylor Swift is up for female artist, country artist and smile.
Justin Bieber is nominated for best male artist along with Justin Timberlake and Bruno Mars.
Glossary:
up for – concorrendo a
prizes – prêmios
nominated – indicado
also – também
smile – sorriso
best male artist – melhor artista masculino
along with – juntamente com
Click here to read more Twitter users will now have an added security feature intended to help prevent hacks. The social network has rolled out a log in, or two-step, verification process, which requires users to confirm their identity with two pieces of log in information.
When you enable the feature through the settings area on Twitter.com, you'll be asked to input your phone number. Going forward when you try to log in to Twitter, you will enter your regular password, and then Twitter will send you a text message with a verification code. When you get that text message with that code, you will then have to input that string of numbers and letters to get in. The idea is that there are two pieces of information to confirm that you are who you say you are.
Glossary:
added – adicional
security feature – recurso de segurança
intended – com a intenção
prevent – evitar
has rolled out – lançou
two-step – de dois passos
two pices – dois ítens
enable – permite
through – através
settings – configurações
input – adicionar
forward – adiante
password – senha
code – código
string of numbers – série de números
letters – letras
Click here to read more Google is developing plans to build its own wireless network in emerging markets, Amir Efrati at The Wall Street Journal reports.
Google has developed its own wireless technology, which it hopes to deploy with local companies in Southeast Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa. Efrati says Google plans to provide wireless access to a billion people who are currently without Internet.
Glossary:
developing – desenvolvendo
build – construer
network – rede
emerging – emergentes
own – própria
hopes – espera
deploy – implementar
provide – fornecer
currently – atualmente
without – sem
Click here to read more A culture of ‘all work and no play’ in the UK is damaging family life, causing high stress levels, cutting time spent with loved ones and creating an inability to switch off from work, according to a new study.
The study found that 83 percent of working parents feel guilty about the amount of time they spend working, with 50 percent saying it has a negative impact on relationships with their children, and almost half (45.9%), saying it caused problems in their relationship with their partner and caused them to neglect friends (25%).
Glossary:
damaging – prejudicando
high – altos
cutting – reduzindo
spent – gasto
inability – incapacidade
switch off – desligar-se
found – descobriu
feel guilty – sentem-se culpados
amount – quantidade
spend – passam
relationships – relacionamentos
almost half – quase metade
neglect – negligenciam
Click here to read more A more "cerebral" festival in literary terms, with experimental authors, and more open to mixing with other arts, to include on their panels filmmakers, musicians, architects and art historians. This is the profile of the 11th International Literary Festival of Paraty (FLIP), July 3-7.
The main attraction of the Authors' Tent will be the Frenchman Michel Houellebecq, the Goncourt Prize winner and author of "The Map and the Territory".
Glossary:
mixing – misturando
filmmakers – cineastas
profile – perfil
main – principal
winner – vencedor
Click here to read more One person was killed in a spectacular fire that broke out in a fuel depot in Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro and spread to nearby homes.
Six giant fuel containers at the storage site caught fire, sending giant flames up to 50 meters into the air and columns of thick smoke far into the sky that could be seen miles away.
Glossary:
was killed – foi morta
broke out – começou
fuel depot – depósito de combustível
spread – espalhou-se
nearby – próximas
giant – gigantes
fuel containers – recipientes com combustível
storage site – local de armazenamento
flames – chamas
thick smoke – fumaça espessa
sky – céu
seen – vistas
away – de distância
Click here to read more The grand re-opening of the world's most famous soccer stadium sees Brazil take on England for the first match proper in the new Maracanã, closed since 2010 for building works ahead of the 2014 World Cup. Following their defeat in February at Wembley, Felipe Scholari's men will be keen to put on a better showing as part of their Confederations Cup preparations. The famous yellow shirts of the seleção will only return to Rio for the Conefederations final. Presuming, of course, that they make it that far.
Glossary:
friendly – amistoso
take on – enfrentar
match – partida
building works – reformas
ahead – antes
following – depois
defeat – derrota
will be keen – vão estar dispostos
put on – apresentar
presuming – presumindo
make it that far – chegar até lá
Click here to read more On May 21, the Danish Minister of Trade and Investment, Pia Olsen Dyhr, visited Brazil’s Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade (MDIC) to sign a memorandum of understanding between the agencies of the two countries which expands bilateral cooperation and establishes a working group on trade and investment.
The ministries of the two countries will facilitate dialogue and information exchanges on trade, maritime services, intellectual property rights and investment opportunities in biofuels, renewable energy, energy efficiency products, among others.
Glossary:
Danish – dinamarquês
trade – comércio
development – desenvolvimento
foreign trade – comércio exterior
sign – assinar
establishes – estabelece
exchanges – trocas
maritime – marítimos
intelectual property rights – direitos de propriedade intelectual
biofuels – biocombustíveis
renewable – renovável
among – entre
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