For years, researchers have known that young children pick up words just by being around conversation. Toddlers do not need ...

Every time we speak, we're improvising. "Humans possess a remarkable ability to talk about almost anything, sometimes putting ...

The rapid growth (and partial retreat) of “they” and “them” has gotten a lot of attention in recent years, but English is ...

This is not comparable to word learning in children. By around age two, typical English-speaking children learn approximately ...

The team thinks this means that the cingulate cortex manages the social purpose and context of the facial gesture, which is ...

Word of the day Syzygy explains a scientific term used in astronomy. It describes a straight-line arrangement of celestial ...

That would make it thousands of times more massive than any moon orbiting a solar system plane  — so massive it could make ...

A new study found that people with type 2 diabetes who drank diet soda didn't get any healthier when switching to water—in ...

A growing distrust of expertise is reshaping the terrain of science in the United States. Since the pandemic, the partisan ...

A new study explores how human-like language shapes the way we talk about artificial intelligence. Think, know, understand, remember. These are the kinds of mental verbs people use every day to ...

Apple CarPlay makes life easier when you're driving, but researchers say doing so may not make your car safer — you could be ...