Education

Explore your favorite subject—whether you’re a history buff, bookworm, nature lover, science geek, or techie—through a unique language lens.

Words Popularized by Shakespeare That We Still Use

A Smack of Jellyfish, a Zeal of Zebras, and Other Fun Animal Group Names

Does Boxing Day Have Anything To Do With Boxing?

Lexical Investigations: Karma
What if a password didn’t contain words?
Seventh Heaven: Decoding the days of the week
Lexical Investigations: Desiderata
Lexical Investigations: Awkward
Lexical Investigations: Labyrinth
Lexical Investigations: Balaclava
Encoding Shakespeare into DNA
How Do You Say “Basketball” In Latin?
Lexical Investigations: Holistic
Are Scrabble Tile Values In Need Of An Overhaul?
Lexical Investigations: Art
Why Is The Football Team Called The 49ers?
Lexical Investigations: Appendix
Was Saussure wrong?
Could an animal speak? Not just bark or meow, but actually speak.
Do babies speak with an accent?
How did this new species of monkey get its name, and what does it mean?
When Dictionaries Attack: How Hackers Use Dictionaries to Guess Passwords
Can baboons read? Kind of.
Does the smell of bacon affect the meaning of a word?
Are dolphins able to say hello?
Would you learn a new language if it would help your health?
Why Did Facebook Trademark The Word “Book”? Is That Legal?
Why Did China’s Internet Censors Flag The Word Salt?
Where is the Middle East? The Near East? The Far East?
Can computers understand online conversations?
Where will Los Angeles be in 50 million years? Beijing?
What Do You Do With A Swearing Toddler?
A Word Problem in Tonight’s Meteor Shower
What parts of the brain distinguish words from sentences?
How do computers help decode inscrutable ciphers?
How does the brain compute language? Will it turn us into cyborgs?
What Are CAPTCHAs?
When did the New York Times first use an emoticon?
Can how a baby cries predict their future language skills?
Why are zero and the letter “O” both circles? The answer involves both science and mysticism
What does “Atlantis” mean? And why is the Space Shuttle Atlantis named after something underwater?
Why Is The Secretive Military Base called “Area 51”?
Will Handwriting Survive in the Digital Era?
Did You Know There Is A Law That Bans The Use Of Confusing Words And Sentences In Government Documents
Words To Remember Every 13 Years
A Baby Named “Like” And The History Of Names (Anthroponymy)
A lost, legendary dictionary is rediscovered. Where was it found, and what language is it for?
Typewriters Were Originally Created To Help The Blind
Do bilingual babies actually have more brain power?
What Is Hypocatastasis?
How Exactly Does Tourette’s Syndrome Affect Language?

Education

Words Popularized by Shakespeare That We Still Use

A Smack of Jellyfish, a Zeal of Zebras, and Other Fun Animal Group Names

Does Boxing Day Have Anything To Do With Boxing?

Lexical Investigations: Karma

What if a password didn’t contain words?

Seventh Heaven: Decoding the days of the week

Lexical Investigations: Desiderata

Lexical Investigations: Awkward

Lexical Investigations: Labyrinth

Lexical Investigations: Balaclava

Encoding Shakespeare into DNA

How Do You Say “Basketball” In Latin?

Lexical Investigations: Holistic

Are Scrabble Tile Values In Need Of An Overhaul?

Lexical Investigations: Art

Why Is The Football Team Called The 49ers?

Lexical Investigations: Appendix

Was Saussure wrong?

Could an animal speak? Not just bark or meow, but actually speak.

Do babies speak with an accent?

How did this new species of monkey get its name, and what does it mean?

When Dictionaries Attack: How Hackers Use Dictionaries to Guess Passwords

Can baboons read? Kind of.

Does the smell of bacon affect the meaning of a word?

Are dolphins able to say hello?

Would you learn a new language if it would help your health?

Why Did Facebook Trademark The Word “Book”? Is That Legal?

Why Did China’s Internet Censors Flag The Word Salt?

Where is the Middle East? The Near East? The Far East?

Can computers understand online conversations?

Where will Los Angeles be in 50 million years? Beijing?

What Do You Do With A Swearing Toddler?

A Word Problem in Tonight’s Meteor Shower

What parts of the brain distinguish words from sentences?

How do computers help decode inscrutable ciphers?

How does the brain compute language? Will it turn us into cyborgs?

What Are CAPTCHAs?

When did the New York Times first use an emoticon?

Can how a baby cries predict their future language skills?

Why are zero and the letter “O” both circles? The answer involves both science and mysticism

What does “Atlantis” mean? And why is the Space Shuttle Atlantis named after something underwater?

Why Is The Secretive Military Base called “Area 51”?

Will Handwriting Survive in the Digital Era?

Did You Know There Is A Law That Bans The Use Of Confusing Words And Sentences In Government Documents

Words To Remember Every 13 Years

A Baby Named “Like” And The History Of Names (Anthroponymy)

A lost, legendary dictionary is rediscovered. Where was it found, and what language is it for?

Typewriters Were Originally Created To Help The Blind

Do bilingual babies actually have more brain power?

What Is Hypocatastasis?

How Exactly Does Tourette’s Syndrome Affect Language?