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Linguistics: is the scientific study of language, and it contains an analysis of language form, language meaning, and language in context.
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DEC 22, 2021Health & Medicine
New research from the University of Texas at Austin on the interface between humans and Google shows Google can give us ...Written By: Alexandria BassOCT 10, 2021Genetics & Genomics
The Etruscans lived in what is now Italy from about 800 BCE to the first century CE. Their language is now gone...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 06, 2021Chemistry & Physics
Historians may have found the earliest manuscripts that tell the story of Merlin the Magician. Merlin is a character fro ...Written By: Hannah DanielSEP 14, 2021Health & Medicine
In his new book, cognitive psychologist and linguist, Steven Pinker, argues for more rational societiesWritten By: Mia WoodAUG 23, 2021Plants & Animals
Saccopteryx bilineata is known as a communicative member of the sac-winged bat family. These animals use elaborate vocal ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 24, 2021Neuroscience
Why is it that some voices instinctively sound more reliable than others? Researchers have found that we identify specif ...Written By: Annie LennonFEB 02, 2021Plants & Animals
Humans aren't the only creatures with dialects that are specific to certain regions. It seems that colonies of naked mol ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 10, 2021Earth & The Environment
Is there a connection between the extinction of species and that of human languages? Ecologists have long recognized a g ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 04, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Humans are thought to have first settled in the Caribbean islands about 6,000 years ago, using stone tools. Around 3,000 ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 17, 2020Neuroscience
Neuroscientists from MIT have found that reading computer code does not activate the areas in the brain used to process ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 15, 2020Technology
A study by researchers in Tampere University in Finland have predicted that making eye contact with a robot can have the ...Written By: Nouran AminSEP 13, 2020Neuroscience
Researchers from Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz in Germany have found that people, regardless of where they come ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 13, 2020Neuroscience
Researchers from Germany have found that, contrary to popular belief, it's not just the right hemisphere of the brai ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 19, 2020Chemistry & Physics
This March, amid the sharp rising number of COVID-19 cases, a call to action to the artificial intelligence (AI) communi ...Written By: Daniel DuanMAR 12, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Drugs like Ritalin, Adderall and similar medications have been assumed by the public as fuels to help people focus. But, ...Written By: Nouran AminFEB 10, 2020Neuroscience
Speaking “parentese” with your baby, also known as “baby talk”, has been shown to enhance childr ...Written By: Annie LennonJAN 20, 2020Technology
Knowing more than one language has been associated with lifelong advantages including the enhancement of communic ...Written By: Nouran AminNOV 03, 2019Genetics & Genomics
New research reported in Nature has suggested that modern humans come from Southern Africa, where they lived for approxi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 31, 2019Chemistry & Physics
On May 24, 2019, the world said its final goodbye to Murray Gell-Mann, the revered physicist who coined the term "q ...Written By: Daniel DuanAUG 04, 2018Technology
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has demonstrated unique qualities in the past decade. Recent research has used AI to furthe ...Written By: Nouran AminAUG 03, 2018Genetics & Genomics
A new study challenges the prevailing view of how humans acquired an unusual trait - the spoken word.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 22, 2018Videos
If you don’t have language, how do you think? If you know fewer words, can you think fewer thoughts? Or perhaps le ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 30, 2017Neuroscience
How we learn to speak and understand language and how the brain processes it is not entirely understood, but neuroscient ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 18, 2016Neuroscience
When babies are first born, there’s a lot of neurological development going on. Their eyesight starts to sharpen, ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 22, 2021
Health & Medicine
New research from the University of Texas at Austin on the interface between humans and Google shows Google can give us
...
Written By:
Alexandria Bass
OCT 10, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
The Etruscans lived in what is now Italy from about 800 BCE to the first century CE. Their language is now gone...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 06, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
Historians may have found the earliest manuscripts that tell the story of Merlin the Magician. Merlin is a character fro
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
SEP 14, 2021
Health & Medicine
In his new book, cognitive psychologist and linguist, Steven Pinker, argues for more rational societies
Written By:
Mia Wood
AUG 23, 2021
Plants & Animals
Saccopteryx bilineata is known as a communicative member of the sac-winged bat family. These animals use elaborate vocal
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 24, 2021
Neuroscience
Why is it that some voices instinctively sound more reliable than others? Researchers have found that we identify specif
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
FEB 02, 2021
Plants & Animals
Humans aren't the only creatures with dialects that are specific to certain regions. It seems that colonies of naked mol
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 10, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Is there a connection between the extinction of species and that of human languages? Ecologists have long recognized a g
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 04, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Humans are thought to have first settled in the Caribbean islands about 6,000 years ago, using stone tools. Around 3,000
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 17, 2020
Neuroscience
Neuroscientists from MIT have found that reading computer code does not activate the areas in the brain used to process
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 15, 2020
Technology
A study by researchers in Tampere University in Finland have predicted that making eye contact with a robot can have the
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
SEP 13, 2020
Neuroscience
Researchers from Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz in Germany have found that people, regardless of where they come
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 13, 2020
Neuroscience
Researchers from Germany have found that, contrary to popular belief, it's not just the right hemisphere of the brai
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 19, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
This March, amid the sharp rising number of COVID-19 cases, a call to action to the artificial intelligence (AI) communi
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
MAR 12, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Drugs like Ritalin, Adderall and similar medications have been assumed by the public as fuels to help people focus. But,
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
FEB 10, 2020
Neuroscience
Speaking “parentese” with your baby, also known as “baby talk”, has been shown to enhance childr
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JAN 20, 2020
Technology
Knowing more than one language has been associated with lifelong advantages including the enhancement of communic
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
NOV 03, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
New research reported in Nature has suggested that modern humans come from Southern Africa, where they lived for approxi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 31, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
On May 24, 2019, the world said its final goodbye to Murray Gell-Mann, the revered physicist who coined the term "q
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
AUG 04, 2018
Technology
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has demonstrated unique qualities in the past decade. Recent research has used AI to furthe
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
AUG 03, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
A new study challenges the prevailing view of how humans acquired an unusual trait - the spoken word.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 22, 2018
Videos
If you don’t have language, how do you think? If you know fewer words, can you think fewer thoughts? Or perhaps le
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 30, 2017
Neuroscience
How we learn to speak and understand language and how the brain processes it is not entirely understood, but neuroscient
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 18, 2016
Neuroscience
When babies are first born, there’s a lot of neurological development going on. Their eyesight starts to sharpen,
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim