In a world first, researchers have revealed that early humans across southern Africa made a particular type of stone tool in the same shape.

Horses, pigs and wild horses can distinguish between negative and positive sounds from their fellow species and near relatives and humans.

Children learn demonstratives that call others’ attention to objects – such as ‘this/that’ and ‘here/there’ – at extremely young ages.

Dogs can recognize their owner by voice alone, and they make use of some of the same voice properties as humans do.

A new waveguide could revolutionize THz signal transmission and processing for faster and broader communication links.

Speech recognition technology allows us to ask Siri to check the weather for tomorrow, or to ask Alexa to play our favorite song.

Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are an emerging assistive technology, enabling people with paralysis to type on computer screens.

The precise role of each subregion in the brain in real-time speech feedback has until now remained unclear.

Fish are far more likely to communicate with sound than generally thought—and some fish have been doing this for at least 155 million years.

Researchers at UPF and the University of Padua discover what happens when we do not use our hands to explain something.

Flaws in diamonds — atomic defects where carbon is replaced by nitrogen or another element — may offer an interface for quantum computing.

Starlink is a broadband internet service, specializing in the expansion of coverage to rural and remote communities.

New research shows another, more subtle and often overlooked form of speaking up has a big effect on the way work gets done.

Thousands of former Boko Haram militants and abductees in Nigeria left the group this summer and asked to return to their homes.

Not all who wander are lost—but sometimes their cell phone reception is. That might change soon if a global plan comes to fruition.

Are a child’s long-term language skills shaped by how their brain develops during infancy, and how much is influenced by their environment

Consumers of today's 5G cellphones may have experienced one of the following tradeoffs: impressive download speeds with spotty coverage

Researchers have been working to develop materials that can enable quantum information–based technologies such as quantum computing

The ESA will launch the world's first commercial fully re-programmable satellite, paving the way for a new era of communications.

What does it take for people to commit to take action to promote social equality? How might this differ for the advantaged and disadvantaged