Even before birth, our brains are taking note of the languages we hear.
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Being bilingual benefits children as they learn to speak — and adults as they age.
In order to figure out how English might evolve in the future, we have to look at how it has changed in the near and distant past.
Bilingualism confers various mental health and social benefits. Perhaps knowing a second alphabet confers even more.
In the land of the double-blind, impartiality is king.
Today, the F-word is enjoying a renaissance the likes of which it hasn’t seen since, well, the Renaissance.
Cognitive psychologist and poet Keith Holyoak explores whether artificial intelligence could ever achieve poetic authenticity.
You become the main protagonist in these novels.
An insect? A vermin? An unwanted animal? What in the world is Franz Kafka talking about?
Interventions can make the most difference when Alzheimer’s is detected early.
It's like combining Google Translate with a time machine.
Learning another language might make you richer, sexier, and smarter. Why not try it?
High-frequency oscillations that ripple through our brains may generate memory and conscious experience.
Because Dylan “samples and digests” songs from the past, he has been accused of plagiarism. But imitatio isn't the same.
Nobody knows where the word "penguin" comes from.
If you want to write and speak well, use common words, not grandiose ones. Unless you're Shakespeare, you're more likely to annoy people.
Would you want to live in any of these places?
The deep-thinking oddballs of West Coast cycle racing valued mid-ride marijuana over sports science.
Modern memory athletes use this ancient technique to memorize thousands of digits of pi.
There's an entire Universe out there. So, with all that space, all those planets, and all those chances at life, why do we all live here?
Truth needs us to define the rules, grammar, and criteria for true statements. But can we do this within language itself?
This world map shows how the rest of the world LOLs. In France, you MDR; in China, you 23333.
Ada Lovelace’s skills with language, music, and needlepoint all contributed to her pioneering work in computing.
Brain-computer interfaces could enable people with locked-in syndrome and other conditions to "speak."
Japanese thought can’t be easily characterized by just a few books — but this essential guide is a great place to start.
These hard-to-finish books are still worth the effort.
Commodus lived the anti-Stoic life, pursuing lust, narcissism, and self-indulgence.
This graph shows how badly German cities were hit by Allied bombing raids.
Humans are already so integrated with technology that the dream of transhumanism is a reality. Can we handle what comes next?