Not all words are created equal – and those that sound more surprising are more likely to grab our attention and stick in our ...

That’s why some experts prefer a different approach: adopting a “nudge word” meant to guide your mindset and actions over the ...

For good or for ill, the president of the United States teaches the whole world an example.

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Google's real-time translator looks ahead and anticipates what is being said, explains Niklas Blum, Director Product ...

The sinking feeling that your hard-earned cash has been spent on a five-star hotel that doesn’t feel, well, five-star — far ...

Is it time for you and your partner to exchange your body counts? A study showed how a person's number of sexual partners and ...

Empirical SCOTUS is a recurring series by Adam Feldman that looks at Supreme Court data, primarily in the form of opinions ...

Ph.D. candidate Yuchen Lian (LIACS) wants to understand why human languages look the way they do—and find inspiration to ...

The original definition of the word “bias,” when it entered the English language in the 16th century, was a diagonal line, and specifically one that cut across the warp or weft of a woven fabric. It ...

With 'ragebait' the Oxford English Dictionary word of the year, here's a look at what footballing equivalents might have been ...