A photo by Seán Roberts on a recent hike near his house in Wales, which prompted him to recall the conclusion of a research paper he co-authored on the impact of environment on language. "Ultimately, ...

A choice was made to include each word in this sentence. Every message, even the most mundane, is crafted with a specific frame in mind that impacts how the message is perceived. The study of framing ...

People who speak a language that has multiple words for different shades of colour perceive the shades more quickly. Bees have a phenomenal ability to perceive different shades of colour, and their ...

Wharton School professor Jonah Berger has spent years studying how simple word choices we make at work, in business, and in personal life, can result in failure. His research shows that there are easy ...

In Spanish, “cariño,” “mi vida,” and “amor” are used similarly, as are terms like “habibi” in Arabic, “tesoro” and “amore” in Italian, “meu bem” in Portuguese, “mon cœur” in French, and so on.

What's in short supply for just about everyone these days? A sense of control and influence. Things might seem like they're increasingly out of our hands, impossible to understand let alone alter. But ...