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DIY

These public speaking techniques can help you look smart on video calls

It’s hard to imagine your audience in their underwear when you can only see their faces.
By Feb 7, 2020
Animals

Jackass penguins talk like people

Both species know when to keep it simple.
By Dec 16, 2019
Animals

Monkey mouth sounds could push the evolution of speech back by 27 million years

Only humans have full language, but whether primates had any of language’s key elements is still hotly debated.
By Feb 28, 2019
Animals

These mice sing their little hearts out—and that’s good for neuroscience

What singing rodents can teach us about human conversation.
By Jul 7, 2017
Technology

Facebook can’t solve its hate speech problem with automation

How can the company engineer civil discourse for 2 billion people?
By Jan 13, 2017
Animals

These freaky baboon shrieks could push back the evolution of speech

These silly sounds are vowels, and that's a big deal
By Dec 10, 2016
Animals

Monkeys may technically be able to talk (but this will make you glad they don’t)

They're physically capable, and boy do they sound terrifying
By Jul 27, 2016
Animals

Watch This Orangutan Make Sounds That Resemble Human Speech

“Rocky” offers the first evidence that great apes can control their voices to learn new sounds
By May 28, 2013
Science

Watch A Linguist Translate Teens’ Annoying Groans Into Even More Annoying Academic Jargon

"Breathy-voiced long low back unrounded vowel with advanced tongue root?" Auggghhh.
By Dec 12, 2012
Science

How People Explain Color Throughout The World [Infographic]

This clever color wheel reveals how different languages explain the color spectrum, whether in three words or more than 60...