How can we improve everyone's ideas about the nature of science? Wired Science blogger Rhett Allain says there are three words that should no longer be used.

National Science Foundation staff have been combing through thousands of active science research projects, alongside a list of keywords, to determine if they include activities that violate Trump ...

Writing in Science, the Columbia psychologist explains that he started with the “safe” assumption that primitive man prattled like a child while at work and play. Observing his own children ...

Here are the words putting science in the crosshairs of Trump’s orders National Science Foundation staff have been combing through thousands of active science research projects, alongside a list ...

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 to).

Science Do Inuit languages really have many words for snow? The most interesting finds from our study of 616 languages.

The Science of Why Tim Walz Swears So Much And why we like it when politicians do.

How the brain deciphers words can explain a lot about why humans are able to pick up patterns and read words even when vowels are missing.

Two studies from the University of London examine common traits between swear words across different languages, finding that most lack approximants.

A new study suggests that dogs may possess a deeper understanding of language than previously thought. It found that dogs could associate words with specific objects.

Does the word ‘moist’ make your skin crawl? Researchers looked into why—and found that it’s not just because of the way it sounds.