Linguistics

Discoveries Hand gestures make talking easier to follow, study finds

New brain research shows hand gestures help listeners predict upcoming words in speech—even before they’re spoken.

Discoveries Teenager solves ancient mystery by decoding 4,000-year-old Egyptian text

Discoveries The relationship between music processing and language skills in the brain

Global Good How do you map the infinitude of colors to a discrete number of words?

Global Good When it comes to communication skills — maybe we’re born with it?