The key themes that defined the year behind us will also shape the one ahead. The most-read articles of 2025 tracked a return ...

You might be staring at your budget, wondering how you’re supposed to cover rent, debt, and everything else on $20–$25 an ...

Marking its 30th anniversary on Thursday, the world’s most popular programming language faces a bitter ongoing custody battle rather than a celebration. Creators and community leaders are stepping up ...

Soon after becoming home secretary in September, Shabana Mahmood sent her senior officials to Denmark to learn about its tough asylum system. Of course she did. British politicians and civil servants ...

If the world were mapped not by landmass or economic power but by the sheer density of spoken languages, the globe would appear dramatically different. While English, Mandarin, and Spanish often ...

The way sperm whales communicate may be more similar to human language than previously thought. The acoustic properties of whale calls resemble vowels, a defining feature of human language, according ...

There are brewing legal fights against the Trump administration for language it's posting on federal websites and in government emails blaming the Democrats for the government shutdown. The ...

More than 20 species of bird around the world use a similar “whining” alarm call to warn birds like cuckoos are around. The call seems to be understood across species, and its specific use hints at ...

We all have words and phrases that get under our skin. For me, I can’t stand the word ‘fluids.’ It paints a picture that I would rather not see. We often hear how the word ‘moist’ makes people feel ...

If you know how your partner experiences love, you can stop wasting energy on the wrong signals and start investing in the ones that count. We’ve all heard the clichés; women are easily swayed by ...

Nigeria is one of the most linguistically diverse countries in the world, with over 500 languages spoken across its regions. Despite Nigeria’s multilingual nature, English is the official language. It ...

As of 2025, the world is home to more than 7,000 spoken languages, reflecting the incredible diversity of human culture and communication. Yet despite this vast number, only a small fraction of these ...