If you’ve been paying attention to how Russian President Vladimir Putin talks about the war in Ukraine, you may have noticed a pattern. Putin often uses words to mean exactly the opposite of what they ...

It’s well known that JRR Tolkien wrote the Lord of the Rings cycle to create people to speak the languages he had invented. But, in the television age, artificially created or invented languages – we ...

I keep hesitating to partake in the thread What’s the oldest, weirdest, nastiest, or most unusual language you’ve ever coded in? My quick answer would be: all of them. C, Java, Javascript and no doubt ...

Becoming conversant in a foreign language is tough enough. Taking your skills beyond conversance to true fluency is an even bigger challenge. If you've got experience becoming fluent in a language, ...

[Sound of notes.] Can you name those notes? Probably not—perhaps one in 10,000 speakers of European languages has perfect pitch, the ability to recognize a note without having heard any reference note ...

Could it be that cellist Yo-Yo Ma owes his perfect musical pitch to his Chinese parents? While we may never know the definitive answer, new research from the University of California, San Diego has ...

Young girls feel afraid to make mistakes because of the pressure to be perfect, new research reveals. (Getty Images) The way we speak to young children will shape their lives and experiences. But new ...

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