“Ohio.” “Brat.” “Cringe.” “Weird.” Coconut emojis. Viral memes are omnipresent this campaign season, distilling concepts, images and ideas into simple, replicable formats that spread rapidly online.

It’s true. According to researchers, babies are born with a special gift: their developing brains can tell the difference between the approximately 800 sounds that make up all the languages in the ...

Installation view of Mely Barragán’s “Macho” (2009), thread pillow stuffing and fabric, variable dimensions, in ‘Customizing Language’ at Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (photo by the author for ...

"In the same way that emotions were once judged too vague for scientific study, but now have thriving fields, we hope that the study of spiritual experience follows suit" -(David Yaden & Andrew ...

Connections with Evan Dawson Language, race, and accountability 10/15/2025 | 52m 15s | CC What’s the link between language, power, and race? Rochester native and Stanford linguist Jonathan Rosa joins ...

You're not likely to hear this on NPR, or the CBC, or—God forbid—the BBC: "The last few days have seen protests spreadin' throughout the Arab world, and leaders there are becomin' increasingly nervous ...

For the past five-and-a-bit months, I studied abroad in Madrid, Spain. Spain seemed an obvious choice to choose to study in as I speak and study the Spanish language, but I specifically chose Madrid ...

Gemma King receives funding from the Australian Research Council. In Dune’s sandswept colonialist dystopia of the distant future, power is a force best handled – and transferred – surreptitiously. In ...