Across its nearly 250-year history, the United States has never had an official language until now. But Americans will not ...

Steve Martin says people often ask him how to 'make it.' The answer he gives isn’t the one they always want to hear—but it’s ...

About 90% of flowering plants rely on animals to transfer their pollen and optimize reproduction, making pollination one of ...

When Gašper Beguš began studying linguistics, he spent his time deciphering ancient, largely dead languages. "Nobody cared ...

Listen carefully to a spoken conversation and you’ll notice that the speakers use a lot of little quasi-words— mm-hmm, um, huh? and the like—that don’t convey any information about the topic of the ...

These are scientific questions, and the artist has worked closely with zoologists, marine biologists and astronomers doing ...

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Surge, Slate’s politics newsletter that wonders if the president would be less interested in blanket tariffs if everyone stopped using the verb “slap” to describe ...

A role is the behaviour of a person in a specific situation. There are some words that we often use together. These are ...

An office is a place in a building where some people work. There are some words that we often use together. These are called ...

Language experts point out that certain sentence constructs using 'because' or 'why' can veer off into questionable ...

The New York Times' daily word puzzle, Connections, tests players' vocabulary and logic by grouping words into thematic ...

Microsoft is shutting down what was once a pioneer in videoconferencing. Skype, the video-calling service that was once so ...