
How Language-Generation AIs Could Transform Science
An expert in emerging technologies warns that software designed to summarize, translate and write like humans might exacerbate distrust in science
An expert in emerging technologies warns that software designed to summarize, translate and write like humans might exacerbate distrust in science
A new algorithm writes wine and beer reviews that sound like they were penned by human critics. Is that a good thing?
What shape do you see when you hear “ bouba ”? What about “ kiki ”? It turns out that nonsense words that evoke certain shapes have something to say about the origins of language...
Lexicographers at the Oxford English Dictionary have added new words and definitions to reflect the rapidly evolving discourse about our hot planet
Teaching scientists to talk to policy makers
Newly created vocalizations can convey concepts remarkably well
We signal our intention to speak or pause for a reply by where we direct our eyes
Volunteers taking an "implicit bias" test who were unlikely to associate images of women with leadership titles like executive or president were far less likely to vote for a woman in a race against a man of equal qualification ...
Careful recordings of mouse interactions find that females vocalize, overturning the long-held view that only males sing during courtship
Hip-hop artists understand what our ears forgive
A leading researcher talks about what has been learned about how children learn language
Research shows that some consonants evoke certain shapes no matter what language you speak
Rapid fluctuations in volume—mimicked by sirens—trigger the brain’s fear centers
Can neuroscience provide unique insights to help struggling children growing up in lower income families?
In fascinating study involving synesthesia, people make good guesses at meanings of foreign words
Infants seemed to be able to differentiate between two different "D" sounds in Hindi—but only when their tongue movements weren't blocked by a teething device. Christopher Intagliata reports...
Different sounds mean different things
Early human species may have had sharper hearing in certain frequencies than we enjoy, to facilitate short-range communication in an open environment. Cynthia Graber reports
Word selection among Twitter users who could be identified as likely members of one or the other political party showed specific usage patterns. Christopher Intagliata reports
New research suggests that one of humanity’s most important inventions can be improved
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