Every Kindle works in multiple languages, and can download books in just about any tongue. Here’s how to take advantage.

What seems different about 21st-century English is the speed with which these changes spread and are adopted—at least ...

Our ability to change our lives depends on realizing a fundamental insight: that life and reality are so much more than we think and believe.

A new study has found that an apology that uses bigger words will appear more sincere than those that are kept to the point.

Altman is right: AI is changing the way we talk, and the implications are profound.

Night after night, the buses pull up on the tarmac outside the Parris Island Marine Corps recruit training center in South Carolina. Usually, they are ...

What is language, why do we use it, and how did it evolve? These are questions that language researchers are still working to answer. From a basic standpoint, a language is a shared system of symbols ...

Once upon a time, the English language was full of stories with “blossoms,” “rivers,” and “moss.” But these words are ...

New research reveals how human DNA preserves the story of language contact, showing when and where languages converged, diverged, and evolved.

Hinton is among a growing number of prominent tech figures who speak of AI using language once reserved for the divine. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has referred to his company’s technology as a “magic ...

The quiet carriage is a fundamental cornerstone of the social contract and needs to be protected at all costs (Photo: Getty Images) People are fond of saying that the world is on fire. It’s been ...

In this new study, a research group from the University of Zurich is using for the first time genetic evidence of historical mixing between populations to investigate the effects of contact on ...