The fourth graders in D’Andrea Creighton’s classroom at Brashear Elementary are diving into earth science. “Water vapor it’s ...

Already a two-time Vermont State Spelling Bee champion, Newell is now aiming for a rare “three-peat.” She secured her spot in the upcoming state competition by winning the Riverside School spelling ...

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, a word famous for its length, describes a lung disease caused by inhaling fine silica dust, particularly volcanic ash. Coined in 1935 by Everett M. Smith ...

Analysis shows obscure and barely used choices, drawn from online slang, do not stand the test of time If you have seen a news story declaring 2025’s chosen “word of the year” in recent weeks, you ...

Once, every middle-class home had a piano and a dictionary. The purpose of the piano was to be able to listen to music before phonographs were available and affordable. Later on, it was to torture ...

It shouldn’t come as a surprise that the Oxford Dictionary has named “rage bait” its Word of the Year. The quantity of live-streamed drama in 2025 has made it clear that outrage is now fuelling much ...

We tend to think of religion as an age-old feature of human existence. So it can be startling to learn that the very concept dates to the early modern era. Yes, you find gods, temples, sacrifices and ...

Have you ever felt “disgustikafied,” been branded a “rampallion” or had a “frabjous” day? Or are you totally, utterly and “completriciously” confused by these questions? If so, it’s time to brush up ...

Gemini for Home is mistakenly telling users they need a Home Premium subscription to get basic word definitions and translations. Google has confirmed this is a bug affecting Nest speakers and ...

Kirk's remarks, delivered during an episode of "The Charlie Kirk Show" on Oct. 12, 2022, also included him saying he thought of empathy as "very effective when it comes to politics" and that he ...

If you’ve read more than, say, a quarter of one of my essays, you likely know I was part of the Air Force Academy’s Department of Political Science for a number of years (a total of 17 to be precise, ...

Julian Hargreaves is an Affiliated Researcher at the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Centre of Islamic Studies, University of Cambridge. The UK government wants a new definition of Islamophobia and has ...