linguistics

Identity

How Urban Dictionary Became a Cesspool for Racists and Misogynists

05.31.17

By Kimberly Lawson
Words About Love in Other Languages that Should Exist in English

04.11.17

By Laila Tyack
Tech

Website That Simulates How Speech Works in Your Mouth Is So Weird and Cool

03.20.17

By Samantha Cole
Identity

The Power of ‘Petty’: How One Small Word Came to Represent Black Resistance

02.02.17

By Christina Drill
Tech

Experience Enron’s Everyday Evil with a 500,000+ Email Experiment

01.04.17

By Azura Wannmann
An Astrolinguist Explains How to Talk to Aliens

11.21.16

By Daniel Oberhaus
Tech

An Astrolinguist Explains How to Talk to Aliens

11.20.16

By Daniel Oberhaus
Identity

A Dialect Coach Attempts to Unpack What’s Going on with Lindsay Lohan’s Voice

11.03.16

By Steven Blum
Tech

Werner Herzog On Science, Language, Mars, and His Fever Dreams

10.28.16

By ALEX PASTERNACK
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09.26.16

By Sierra Bein
Entertainment

‘Arrival’ Is Sci-Fi at Its Smartest and Weirdest

09.14.16

By Brandon Harris
Tech

Dogs Can Actually Understand What You’re Saying to Them, Study Says

08.30.16

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Music

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