We know that words change all the time and over time, a process language experts describe as “semantic shift,” semantics being the field of language concerned with meaning. Even if we may not ...

In the brain, language pops up everywhere. All across the wrinkly expanse of the brain’s outer layer, a constellation of different regions handle the meaning of language, scientists report online ...

This is one of those studies that's either really profound, or, well, really not. Researchers from London and New York say they've discovered a link between typing letters on a computer keyboard and ...

For most students who are seniors in high school, reading a short story by some ancient author is not the most exciting event throughout the day. Ralph Waldo Emerson, famous around the mid-1800s, was ...