An Orangutan in Indianapolis Has Learned to Ape Human Speech
Rocky’s ability to reproduce human-like noises contradicts the idea that apes can only ever use the sounds they’ve always used.
Rocky’s ability to reproduce human-like noises contradicts the idea that apes can only ever use the sounds they’ve always used.
Any book that promises mastery in months is lying; more accurate is the common teachers’ adage “Seven years to learn it, a lifetime to master it.”
It’s time to dust off your Dothraki!
Every writing system represents speech a little differently, and no system is completely faithful to how words are actually pronounced. For over a century, the International Phonetic Alphabet has tried to remedy this situation by providing a way to accura
The song still shows up in Spanish classes today, as it does on the lips of moms and dads happily packing up the sunscreen and towels for a day at the beach. But not many of us ever bothered to learn anything beyond the title lyric, and as it turns out,
Finally!
Happy National Ice Cream Day!
The vast history of English has more than a few options for describing the non-musical kind of funkiness.
The concept dates back nearly 150 years, and refers to a point of pride among German immigrants.
Are you a Sootie, a Coastie, or an NDGer?
We're really, truly, highly interested in helping you improve that lazy vocabulary.
It was once believed to be genuinely, miraculously, magic.
English conveniently offers a long list of nouns you can use to describe what kind of enjoyer you are: aficionado, enthusiast, buff, connoisseur, fanatic, fan, freak, nut. But they aren't all just interchangeable synonyms. Each carries connotations that y
In the U.S., pudding has a relatively small life, nutritionally and lexically. But when you look back at jolly old England, this seemingly one-dimensional word has lived a vibrant life in metaphors and idioms.
Some languages lack what we might consider the most fundamental words—yet somehow manage to get by without them.
Looking for a unique name with some historical cachet? The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources is the place to go.
A study found that adult zebra finches speak differently to baby birds than they do to one another, and that their repetitive language seemed to help the young birds learn to sing.
Clarisa Vollmar is not quite one year old but already has a worldwide Facebook following of more than 30,000 fans.
Let's raise the curtain on 'barnstorming,' 'catastrophe,' and other terms that have their origins in the theater.
Don't let this question leave you … with anxiety.
Because sometimes, periods, commas, colons, semi-colons, dashes, hyphens, apostrophes, question marks, exclamation points, quotation marks, brackets, parentheses, braces, and ellipses won't do.
Because sometimes, periods, commas, colons, semi-colons, dashes, hyphens, apostrophes, question marks, exclamation points, quotation marks, brackets, parentheses, braces, and ellipses won't do.
These words' scientific namesakes have been hiding in plain sight.
Say goodbye to Kale.