In a year of pop culture moments, some things were old and some things were very new. What does the term “6-7” mean?

The print edition of Merriam-Webster was once a touchstone of authority and stability. Then the internet brought about a ...

The basic concept of human intelligence entails self-awareness alongside the ability to reason and apply logic to one’s ...

Chinese robots are known for running marathons and working in factories, but on Sunday they took on a new challenge: debating. The finals of the first Chinese robot debate competition were held in ...

But then something changed. A younger generation came in and everything we thought we knew about emojis shifted. Teens and young adults are using emojis in weird ways — and reacting to our emoji use ...

Emojis were created to convey thoughts more easily — but they seem more confusing than ever. Texting someone your age or older is fairly straightforward. Texting a teen on the other hand? We can ...

Courts and scholars are experimenting with artificial intelligence tools to help establish the ordinary meaning of words and phrases in statutes and contracts. A tone of cautious optimism—one ...

Language is the foundation of business, culture, and consciousness. But AI isn’t just using our words—it’s reshaping them. Quietly, subtly, it’s dismantling the architecture of thought by eroding what ...

Grunts, barks, screams and pants ring through Taï National Park in Cȏte d’Ivoire. Chimpanzees there combine these different calls like linguistic Legos to relay complex meanings when communicating, ...

Wild chimpanzees alter the meaning of single calls when embedding them into diverse call combinations, mirroring linguistic operations in human language. Human language, however, allows an infinite ...