The term, long considered a slur for those with intellectual disabilities, is seeing a resurgence on social media and across ...

Every time we speak, we're improvising. "Humans possess a remarkable ability to talk about almost anything, sometimes putting ...

For years, researchers have known that young children pick up words just by being around conversation. Toddlers do not need ...

The rapid growth (and partial retreat) of “they” and “them” has gotten a lot of attention in recent years, but English is ...

This is not comparable to word learning in children. By around age two, typical English-speaking children learn approximately ...

New study reveals the link between menopause and dementia - The findings could shed light on why women face a higher risk of ...

Women directed only 8.1% of Hollywood's top films in 2025, a sharp drop from recent years. But the full story is more ...

The author’s vocabulary narrowed a decade before diagnosis – a clue that could transform early dementia detection.

Creativity has long been treated as a defining human trait. It shapes art, science, and problem solving, and it helps ...

"An extremely powerful tool." New study shows unexpected outcome after having 100,000 people complete creativity test: 'This ...

A new study found that people with type 2 diabetes who drank diet soda didn't get any healthier when switching to water—in ...

That would make it thousands of times more massive than any moon orbiting a solar system plane  — so massive it could make ...