One immediately notices that Ancient Greek writing exclusively used uppercase letters, without any lowercase ones. This ...

Secretary of State Denny Hoskins wants another chance to write ballot language for a vote on Missouri’s gerrymandered redistricting map.

There is no dramatic origin story behind Kunzang Choden’s journey as a writer. No sudden epiphany, no decisive turning point. Instead, it began quietly, almost instinctively, with a simple pleasure.

Throughout history, communication wasn’t as effortless as it is today. In today’s world, you can connect with people in every part of the world within seconds and access an almost infinite amount of ...

The room we are in is locked. It is windowless and lit from above by a fluorescent bulb. In the hallway outside—two stories beneath the city of London—attendants in dark suits patrol silently, giving ...

This past year, a computer scientist named Tuhin Chakrabarty tried to coax artificial intelligence into producing great writing. Chakrabarty, who had recently completed a Ph.D. at Columbia University, ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Among the myriad abilities that humans possess, which ones are uniquely human? Language has been a top candidate at least since ...

Proto-cuneiform, an early sign-based script, marks a pivotal moment in human history as the precursor to the world's first writing system, cuneiform. Emerging between 3350 and 3000 BC in the city of ...

If only they were robotic! Instead, chatbots have developed a distinctive — and grating — voice. Credit...Illustration by Giacomo Gambineri Supported by By Sam Kriss In the quiet hum of our digital ...

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Queen's U chapter and does not reflect the views of Her Campus. I grew up fluent in Hindi. At one point, I only knew Hindi. One of my ...

ON MARCH 3, 2023, my youngest sister, Aleen, was born—seven years after my youngest brother, Khaled. Aleen grew up in a tender environment, surrounded by warmth and care. Her innocent smile became the ...

40,000 years ago, Ice Age Europeans carved the same 32 symbols across an entire continent. Were they decorating caves—or building the first written language? Don’t expect correct change when paying ...