Airplane passengers were blown away after learning that those ubiquitous "dings" on an airplane are actually a code crew members use to communicate with each other, among other things. It’s ...

You can add marmoset monkeys to the list of species that use “names.” But whether animals have anything more to say remains unknown. Do animals have names? According to the poet T.S. Eliot, cats have ...

Annie Murphy Paul is the author of the forthcoming book Brilliant: The New Science of Smart. Frederic Mishkin, who’s been a professor at Columbia Business School for almost 30 years, is good at ...

How can we learn effectively? It is important to retrieve the material we learn from memory at certain intervals, but that is not all. For even better results, it is best to do it in different ways, ...

These native Irish speakers share how Ireland's ancient language and their homeland of Co Donegal have impacted their identity. Annemarie Ní Churreáin (poet & editor), Aoife Ní Ghloinn (Director of ...

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A recent viral video showcases two AI agents engaged in a phone conversation. Midway through, one agent suggests, "Before we continue, would you like to switch to Gibberlink Mode for more efficient ...

What’s the best way to learn a new language quickly? By imitating a native speaker as if you were a rude schoolyard mimic. That advice comes from John McWhorter, an author and linguistics professor at ...