A unique cipher that uses playing cards and dice to turn languages into glyphs produces text eerily similar to the glyphs in ...

New year, new list of obnoxious slang terms proliferating society — from mind-numbing rap song catch phrases to good words ...

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Ancient scripts like Linear A and Rongorongo are among the mysterious undeciphered languages that continue to puzzle ...

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 ...

Jean-Charles Pelland's work has been made possible by financial support from the ‘QUANTA: Evolution of Cognitive Tools for Quantification’ project, which has received funding from the European ...

Over a third of the state is bilingual, according to the latest Census figures. About 34% of New Jersey residents over the age of 5, or 3,082,476, speak a language other than English. This means that ...

(A) After the electrodes were implanted, participants took part in the study in the wheelchair, reading sentences given visual cues. Audio data were collected using a directional microphone, and ...

In every Tongits game, the chatter between players is as fast as the draw of cards. But do you truly understand what those lively words mean? The language of Tongits is more than just jargon; it’s a ...

The ocean doesn’t stay silent. Beyond the crash of waves and the songs of whales, reef fish keep their own soundscape alive. Grunts, pulses, and rumbles tell stories of courtship, rivalry, and ...

Pubs in Britain date back centuries, and along the way they’ve built up their own language and routines. Regulars know how to order, when to buy a round, and what to expect at last call. These habits ...