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What It Means To Be a Basque Writer
“There is no such thing as an ugly language. Today I hear every language as if it were the only one, and when I hear of one that is dying, it overwhelms me as though it were the death of
I took my kids on vacation to practice their Spanish. Our no-English rule didn't last long.
My kids attend Spanish immersion school in the US., A family trip to Puerto Rico gave us a different kind of language lesson.
Want to have a better chat? Scientists say the secret is ‘pink noise’
The most enjoyable conversations strike a balance between exploring a topic and pulling in fresh ideas, study finds As an early stab at rules for conversation, Cicero did a fine job: watch your tone, never look bored, never lose your temper and never ramble on, particularly about yourself, he…
How Neuroscience Can Give Paralyzed People The Chance to Speak Again
A young adult man with closely cropped dark brown hair sits in a wheelchair in a dimly lit room, facing a computer screen on which a simple phrase is typed out: “How are you today?” Underneath the question on the
8 words that look like cognates but aren’t
These unrelated words will make you do a double take!
‘Mogging’ crowned Collins word of the year
Bodybuilding slang referring to making someone else look inferior beat entries concerning AI and climate crisis Mogging – meaning to outperform or outshine someone or something – has been named Collins’s word of the year 2026. Announcing the winner in an article for Collins , the copywriter Rachel…
Don’t get spooked: taboos and the scariest words in the world!
What’s scary isn’t the same all over the world!
Extreme weather is creating a perfect storm of misinformation. Here’s what’s at stake.
Rumors and conspiracies are spreading too fast for emergency managers to keep up. This information chaos is slowing disaster relief and putting lives at risk.
How Old English Actually Works: A Quick Guide for Writers and Developers
Old English (also called Anglo-Saxon) is the language spoken in England from roughly 450 to 1150 AD. It's the ancestor of modern English, but most people can't read a line of it today. If you're writing fantasy, naming characters in a game, or just curious, here are the basics. It looks familiar…
‘Maxxing’ is Dictionary.com’s word of the year: ‘It’s cooler than saying you’re doing more’
As all facets of our lives are optimized, the suffix has become inescapable - and experts predict it’s around to stay Maxxing is not a new concept. Dungeons and Dragons players have been “min-maxing” character stats for years; Will Smith was maxin’ and relaxin’ in the 90s; as far back as the 40s…
On dementia, we need to tell it how it is | Letter
David Lee responds to a letter questioning the use of language about people with dementia Sally Byers takes Polly Toynbee to task ( Letters, 19 October ) for using what she considers to be “deeply troubling language” about people with dementia, in particular the phrases “glazed stares or sleeping…
The Pirate Queen by Ariel Lawhon
This is an infuriating book. So much so that I didn’t finish it. Don’t get me wrong; I love the idea of The Pirate Queen . Telling the life story of Gráinne Ní Mháille is an excellent premise for some rip-roaring historical fiction. It’s even got an interesting structure alternating between three…
The hidden history of how Big Oil invented the American Dream
From the family car to the dream kitchen, fossil fuel companies sold a vision of prosperity that depended on their own products. Grist dug up a century of evidence that shows how they did it.
The Mountain In The Sea by Ray Nayler
Back in 2019 , I read the book Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness by Peter Godfrey-Smith and said: I really enjoyed this evolutionary tale. It’s equal parts biology and philosophy. I will never look at cephalopods quite the same way again. Reading Ray Nayler’s…
Testing Oneself for AI Slop
The feed of a Hackaday writer brings many surprises, some rubbish, and the occasional diamond which of course we bring to you. Sometimes a page catches the eye that’s not …read more
Stop making sense: focus on sounds to help learn a language, study suggests
Research shows that the best linguists process unfamiliar foreign speech sounds more like non-speech sounds If you want to get really good at French, Arabic or Hungarian, don’t start with rote learning vocabulary and grammar, focus on how they sound instead, research suggests. A new study of how…
When Your Debut Is Not Your First Book
When I opened the Zoom, I was juggling feeding my toddler her yogurt pancakes and apologizing to Siang Lu for the chaos. We can reschedule, he said. I refused—just a few more bites and we’d be settled. He laughed and reminisced about the time his own children were that age, when he was trying to…
