Language has long been considered a uniquely human trait, with features that mark it out as distinct from the communication of all other species. However, research published in Science has uncovered ...

For all the world’s linguistic diversity, human languages still obey some universal patterns. These run even deeper than ...

Humpback whale song is one of the most complex acoustic displays in the animal kingdom, a striking example of a socially ...

No one can realistically be expected to know everything about the Palestinian Arab/Israeli conflict, yet there are recurring canards that one should be prepared to address with some level of knowledge ...

All known human languages display a surprising pattern: the most frequent word in a language is twice as frequent as the ...

Cleopatra ruled over Ancient Egypt from 51 to 30 BC and was the last ruler of the Greek Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt.

Two studies reveal that the communication systems of most cetaceans examined adhere to the principles of efficiency and ...

LUKE’s version of Jesus’s Beatitudes (or “blessings”) challenges the more famous version recorded in Matthew (5.1-11).

Whale song is more similar to human language than previously thought, research has found. The study, led by the University of ...