Could an ancient Athenian understand a Byzantine Greek speaker and realize they spoke different versions of the same language ...

The food tells stories long before the first bite. Family recipes, market counters, and corner shops shape a table that feels ...

ALEX LASSITER: Hello, lovely people! It’s Alex Lassiter with The Minnesota Daily, and you’re listening to In The Know, a podcast dedicated to the University of Minnesota. I’ll keep it a hunnit, I ...

The mammals' mysterious clicks contain a stunning level of complexity, a new study shows. A group of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) swims together in the Indian Ocean. For years, researchers ...

Exactly what the whales may be saying to each other remains unknown—although working that out is CETI’s eventual goal. AS READERS OF “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” will know, humans are only ...

AS READERS OF “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” will know, humans are only the third-cleverest species on Earth. The first two places go to mice and dolphins. But perhaps Douglas Adams’s comic ...

Fluent English speakers often add sounds between words to link them together. When one word ends with a vowel sound, and the following word begins with a vowel sound, you might hear a subtle /j/ or /w ...