Evolution isn’t just about biology — it’s about ideas, words, and culture. Richard Dawkins and John McWhorter break down how ...

For decades, journalists have worked to separate the language in news stories about abortion from the political rhetoric used by those fighting to criminalize or decriminalize the medical procedure.

From "yeet" to "social distancing," new words and phrases constantly emerge and evolve in American English. But how do these neologisms—newly coined terms—gain acceptance and become part of mainstream ...

Steven Mithen does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Language has enabled humans to innovate, communicate, and thrive globally, with over 7,000 languages spoken today and billions speaking only one.

I’m a product of the post-World War II baby boom and a self-confessed language aficionado. I certainly am not a linguistic expert, but over the past few years I have noticed something seems to be ...

These days, large language models such as ChatGPT are omnipresent. Yet their inner workings remain deeply mysterious. To Naomi Saphra, that’s an unsatisfying state of affairs. “We don’t know what ...

Olaf Lipinski receives funding from UK Research and Innovation Centre for Doctoral Training in Machine Intelligence for Nano-electronic Devices and Systems. In the 2016 science fiction movie Arrival, ...