vocabulary

Languages may seem different on an instinctual level -- "hello," for example, does not sound like "ni hao." But the work of many psychological scientists suggests that the thousands of…

Africa, where humans first evolved, today remains a place of remarkable diversity. Diving into that variation, a new analysis of 180 indigenous Africans from a dozen ethnically, culturally,…

A new study by UCLA psychologists reveals that when VR is used to teach language, context and realism matter. The research is published in the journal npj Science of Learning. "The context…

Southern Living magazine once described “y’all” as “the quintessential Southern pronoun.” It’s as iconically Southern as sweet tea and grits.While “y’all” is considered…

Stacker used a variety of sources to compile a list of words that are used in the United States but mean something different abroad.…

A Cisco Talos researcher explains how to spot malicious smart contracts, sleepminting and other pitfalls in the world of non-fungible tokens. A new Cisco Talos report…

Express News Service “You don’t care for things just because they share the same country, religion, or politics. Life itself is kinship.” Delhi-based filmmaker Shaunak…

Express News Service “You don’t care for things just because they share the same country, religion, or politics. Life itself is kinship.” Delhi-based filmmaker Shaunak…

Jewellery designer Farah Khan Ali addressed the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in a new tweet and gave them a crash course in millennial lingo. This comes after the agency flagged Aryan…

The motor cortex is a brain region known to control the body's voluntary movements. However, the team of neuroscientists have now shown that it can also help translating foreign language…