Humans have been expressing thoughts with language for tens (or perhaps hundreds) of thousands of years. It's a hallmark of our species — so much so that scientists once speculated that the capacity ...

Even people who champion diversity and are knowledgeable about the topic can be nervous about choosing the correct words to describe various aspects of personal identity. This is especially true when ...

Last fall one of Chanea Bond’s ninth grade students told her that he was going to “SOB” next semester. She was confused. A quick Google search didn’t yield a definition that made sense to Bond. So, ...

Language is central to all our lives and is arguably the cultural tool that sets humans apart from any other species. And on some accounts, language is the symbolic behaviour that allowed human ...

BOSTON, MA - DECEMBER 07: Author Adam Grant speaks during the Massachusetts Conference for Women 2017 at the Boston Convention Center on December 7, 2017 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Marla ...