In 1900, a political writer described the “hill-billie” as someone who “talks as he pleases, drinks whiskey when he gets it ...

Wild chimpanzees alter the meaning of single calls when embedding them into diverse call combinations, mirroring linguistic operations in human language. Human language, however, allows an infinite ...

The nation's aviation infrastructure is again under scrutiny, following a series of paralyzing communications and radar ...

Humans are the only species on Earth known to use language. They do this by combining sounds into words and words into ...

Did Doctor Who just rewrite Hemingway's alleged six-word story? Short answer: yes. But was that story really written by him ...

Earlier this season, Jake Knapp became just the 15th player in PGA Tour history to break 60 with a first round 59 at the ...

Testifying at the Capitol on Wednesday, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was forthright about whether Americans should ...

"Lesbian" is a demonym for the inhabitants of the Greek island of Lesbos, so why does it today describe female homosexuality?

There remains little doubt that we are currently living through an extraordinary period in our country. Only the passage of time will reveal just how pivotal and just how much of life as we know it ...

Sound Check is the Globe’s weekly guide to concerts, tunes, and trends rooted in Boston and beyond. This column covers May 16 ...

We know the rough language family. But we probably will never know the precise original word and meaning," Liberman says. Although the name of the region doesn't appear to be very old by linguistic ...

The history of masonic orders in Helena stands the test of time and are connected to the city's history ...