Linguistics is one of the degrees most often dragged through the mud for being "useless," but The Lord of the Rings, one of the highest-grossing franchises of all time, might not have been possible, ...

As the use of generative AI becomes increasingly common, we must beware of an algorithmic colonization of language and ...

Time loops, dream worlds, and shapeshifting aliens - the endings of these classic sci-fi films are as perplexing as they are ...

To study a language is to study its people, and their connection to others, to animals and to nature. “Maintaining a language isn’t just maintaining a form of communication, it’s maintaining a group ...

If aliens disclose tomorrow, is it 'Arrival''s calm contact, 'Don't Look Up''s denial, or 'Independence Day''s invasion? We break down the real scenarios fans are debating.

What happens to a country if AI doesn’t fully understand its customs and its people?

Humans experience not-knowing very differently. We experience, if not wallow, in hesitation and doubt. We feel the gap ...

Language and radio signals may not matter to aliens. Instead, they might be using patterns to leave a biological fingerprint.

The disappearance of a mother tongue erodes cultural identity, community well-being, unique ecological knowledge systems, and ...

Prof. Radhavallabh Tripathi, Sanskrit scholar and ex-Vice Chancellor of the premier Central Sanskrit University in Delhi, ...

Denis Villeneuve's sci-fi masterpiece starring Mayor of Kingstown's Jeremy Renner, Arrival, is set to leave free streaming ...