Language forms the backbone of communal existence. It doesn't take long to discover this if you've ever traveled to a place where you don't speak the language. "Where is the nearest bathroom?", "How ...

In the vibrant tapestry of Papua New Guinea, over 840 distinct languages flourish, surpassing the combined total of Europe ...

A new study links a particular gene and a protein variant found only in humans to the origins of spoken language. Researchers used CRISPR gene editing to replace the NOVA1 protein found in mice with ...

Some may remember taking foreign language classes during school or in preparation for a new job or some travel. There are over 7,100 spoken languages in the world, according to Ethnologue. While it’s ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Hawaiʻi is a beautiful, diverse place with people from all over the world. We speak many languages, and this diversity reflects the cultural richness of the state. Officially, ...

Valeria Vinogradova, a researcher at HSE University, together with British colleagues, studied how language proficiency affects cognitive processing in deaf adults. The study showed that higher ...

Scientists have found that the human brain understands spoken language in a surprisingly similar way to advanced AI systems.

As far as we know, modern humans are the only species capable of complex language. While scientists broadly understand the evolution of the anatomical features and neural networks in the brain that ...

After receiving evidence-based early interventions, roughly two-thirds of non-speaking kids with autism speak single words, ...