Linguistics is one of the degrees most often dragged through the mud for being “useless,” but The Lord of the Rings, one of ...

This type of language can be either objective or subjective. Objective language includes making verifiable statements. Some ...

A new study suggests that everyday multilingual habits—from chatting with neighbors to revisiting a childhood language—may help preserve memory, attention, and brain flexibility as we age. An ...

Is language core to thought, or a separate process? For 15 years, the neuroscientist Ev Fedorenko has gathered evidence of a language network in the human brain — and has found some similarities to ...

If only they were robotic! Instead, chatbots have developed a distinctive — and grating — voice. Credit...Illustration by Giacomo Gambineri Supported by By Sam Kriss In the quiet hum of our digital ...

Beta measures price volatility relative to the S&P 500; figures use five-year weekly returns. Both funds are equally affordable with a 0.03% expense ratio, but VEA edges out SPDW with a slightly ...

Section 1. Purpose and Policy. From the founding of our Republic, English has been used as our national language. Our Nation’s historic governing documents, including the Declaration of Independence ...

Nintendo has always been a company that values patience. It has proven in the past that it is not afraid to delay a game until it is ready, and few games prove this like Metroid Prime 4: Beyond. The ...

Greece’s upgrade back to developed-market status, by the global index provider FTSE Russell, represents an undeniable triumph for a country that barely a decade ago was in the midst of a sovereign ...

What if Apple developed its own version of ChatGPT, but never let you use it? That may be what happens with Veritas, the reported name of an iPhone app released internally to test new features for ...

New York City is home to some three million rats, and learning how these rodent residents navigate and communicate is vital to understanding their impact on humans. A new preprint shows attempts to ...

Did you know that, between 1976 and 1978, Microsoft developed its own version of the BASIC programming language? It was initially called Altair BASIC before becoming Microsoft BASIC, and it was ...