A single word has the power to evoke great emotion in us. Take me, for example: The word "taxes" will literally bring me to tears, while "wine" is akin to winning the lottery. So what are each country ...

America is a wonderfully large and diverse country in every respect, particularly linguistically. Regional divisions tend to have enormous effects on the way we speak and the words we use — linguistic ...

TAKING A LIVE LOOK RIGHT NOW AT THE STATE CAPITOL THIS MORNING, CALIFORNIA THE PROCESS OF REMOVING NAMES FROM STREETS, PARKS AND OTHER PLACES THAT CONTAIN A DEROGATORY TERM FOR INDIGENOUS WOMEN.

It’s like Google Maps for your cerebral cortex: A new interactive atlas, developed with the help of such unlikely tools as public radio podcasts and Wikipedia, purports to show which bits of your ...

Most English dictionaries list words alphabetically, but how do we store them in our head? Finding out could have an unexpected pay-off: being able to tell what someone is thinking from their brain ...

LONDON — Christie’s auction house said Tuesday it has discovered a previously unknown copy of a 510-year-old map dubbed “America’s birth certificate” because it gave the New World its name. Julian ...