As global life expectancy rises, healthcare systems are struggling under a paradox. People are living longer, yet spending the same number of years, or more, in poor health. A McKinsey report, ...

Learning a new language can be a fun yet frustrating endeavor. Like any new skill, consistency is key. As much as we might want to, we can’t all pick up and move to France for six months to become ...

The language we use to communicate with one another can heal or wound, producing positive or negative results. The latest of many examples is language used by President Trump, members of his ...

Editor’s note: This article was produced by a University of Massachusetts Amherst journalism student, in collaboration with MassLive, as part of a project in professor Steve Fox’s Introduction to ...

Charlotte Entwistle has received funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and Leverhulme Trust. Is it possible to spot personality dysfunction from someone’s ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Among the myriad abilities that humans possess, which ones are uniquely human? Language has been a top candidate at least since ...

Dr. Gruber is a marine biologist and the head of Project CETI. One afternoon in January 2024, off the island of Dominica in the Atlantic Ocean, a sperm whale named Pinchy and I drifted calmly at the ...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Nov. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Zilliz, the company behind Milvus, the world's most widely adopted open-source vector database, today forecasts a major shift in enterprise data ...

There’s a paradox at the heart of modern AI: The kinds of sophisticated models that companies are using to get real work done and reduce head count aren’t the ones getting all the attention.

When we use words to communicate, we not only have to choose what to say, but also what not to say, and how to say it. How we decide to frame a message can influence how people think, feel, and ...

Marlee Matlin has won an Oscar, and she’s appeared in countless films and television shows. Yet she, too, has faced a common Deaf dilemma: how to claim equitable access to information, when one lives ...