The administrative spectacle now unfolding exceeds all expectations. How should we respond? What is appropriate? I remember Abbie Hoffman and the general ...

All known human languages display a surprising pattern: the most frequent word in a language is twice as frequent as the ...

This week, explore decoded words from charred ancient scrolls, meet heroic frog daddies, see Grand Canyon-size lunar features ...

Timothy Jay, a scholar in the science of swearing, has a few choice words about why we curse and how to cut back (if you want ...

“For nearly 250 years, we called the bald eagle the national bird when it wasn’t,” said Jack Davis, co-chair of the National ...

The National Science Foundation (NSF), which gives billions in funding, is now checking applications for these “problematic” ...

Words matter, and … the power of life and death is in the tongue.” Those were the words of U.S. Senate Chaplain Barry Black Thursday, Jan. 7, the day after a deadly mob stormed ...

But these are special occasion words, sprinkled sparingly into writing and conversation. The words in heaviest rotation are ...

The NFL is the "Any Team Can Win" League? You can't have parity without a salary cap? Presenting the Five Biggest NFL/MLB ...

An automated answer to a question about whether the perceived misuse of "literally" should upset someone not only sounds like ...

Over and over at a confirmation hearing on Wednesday, Democratic senators confronted Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about controversial comments they said he had made in the past. And over and over, President ...

As we go, I’m reminded of a story told by the Swedish monk Björn Natthiko Lindeblad about a little girl walking along a beach ...