Contumacious reminds readers that language can differentiate between types of dissent. Some resistance is spontaneous; some is ideological; and some, as the word suggests, is a conscious challenge to ...

Handwriting requirements were cut from school curricula around the world. Now it’s looping back, riding on a wave of evidence.

Chutzpah, a Yiddish word adopted into American English, describes audacious boldness or nerve. It can be viewed as admirable ...

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2), Chet Holmgren (7) and Jalen Williams (8) during the Thunder Media Day for the 25-26 NBA season at the Paycom Center Monday, Sept. 29, 2025. The Oklahoma City Thunder's ...

From 1 January 2026, Bulgaria officially switches to the euro, with the fixed conversion rate set at 1 euro = 1.95583 leva (BGN). For the first month, until 31 January 2026 inclusive, a ...

Capitalization is one of the most basic yet most commonly ignored rules in English grammar. Many students lose marks in exams not because their answers are wrong, but because they forget to use ...

In its latest effort to address growing concerns about AI’s impact on young people, OpenAI on Thursday updated its guidelines for how its AI models should behave with users under 18, and published new ...

Goaltending occurs when a defender illegally interferes with a shot that is on its way to the basket or directly above the rim. Unlike many other violations, goaltending results in an automatic score ...

It's only fitting that one of the messiest prime-time games of the 2025 NFL season will have to be decided in overtime. The "Monday Night Football" matchup between the Philadelphia Eagles and Los ...

Researchers from MIT, Northeastern University, and Meta recently released a paper suggesting that large language models (LLMs) similar to those that power ChatGPT may sometimes prioritize sentence ...