Scientists created fake words to test if sound affects memory. Result: people remembered pleasant-sounding words twice as often as harsh ones.

There are fewer than 100 speakers of the Arapaho language today — all of whom are above the age of 70. Researchers hope to ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Andrew Cowell, University of Colorado Boulder (THE CONVERSATION) I was hired at the ...

Across the globe, a race is under way to crack some of the last mysterious forms of writing that have never been translated.

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Mark Carney is proving once more that he is adhering to the good old federal tradition of not caring about Quebec,' said ...

Deepfakes and chatbots are now good enough that many web users don’t trust they are interacting with real people.

School districts from Utah to Ohio to Alabama are spending thousands of dollars on these tools, despite research showing the ...

Thomas Frank has a lengthy list of problems to solve at Tottenham Hotspur and his first priority must be to sign a new ...

On this "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" broadcast, Reps. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna join Margaret Brennan.

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