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University of Zurich PhD student, Dr. Sabrina Engesser has recently published a new study which revealed that an Australian bird, the chestnut-crowned babbler (pied babbler) uses a key element in human language. By stringing a combination of sounds to form new meanings, the pied babbler is communicating through a language that is similar to how humans are able to form substantive words.The bird, which is only found in the arid zone of Australia creates many sounds, and by rearranging the sounds into different combinations for its calls, the pied babbler was able to communicate. The way the pied babbler does it is different from creating several sounds to form a complex song that has no particular meaning like other song birds do.

The government is considering introducing new compulsory subjects in high schools, including in the area of social studies, partly because of a cut in the voting age to 18, it was learned Wednesday.One of the new subjects is "kokyo," or public affairs, in which students will acquire knowledge necessary for participation in civil society.The public offices election law was revised in June to lower the voting age from 20 to 18, giving some high school students the right to vote.The lower voting age will likely be applied from the House of Councillors election slated for summer next year.