Researchers have discovered a kind of “sperm whale phonetic alphabet” embedded in the strings of “click” sounds the whales use to communicate and hunt.

Symbols—logos, cultural icons, and more—abound in our daily lives. However, have you ever thought about what some symbols you ...

J.G. Ballard published “The Garden of Time,” a short story about aristocrats overrun by “an immense rabble.” Now it’s the dress-code theme for the year’s most lavish ball.

Cat got your tongue” and other popular sayings are common in the English language. Where did these expressions come from and ...

Saoirse Ronan, an actress from Ireland, has had to teach people in America how to pronounce her name, including in her opening monologue of a 2017 episode of “Saturday Night Live” and during her ...

It avoids computer glitches North Yorkshire council has sparked fury among residents and language experts after declaring it would scrap apostrophes on street signs to sidestep issues with computer ...

North Yorkshire Council said that the change is the correct move, due to the way that street names are stored in databases ...

President Yoon Suk Yeol will hold a press conference this week in time for the second anniversary of his inauguration, his office said Monday, marking the first such session in 21 ... South Korea and ...