Sperm whales are a highly intelligent species, and new discoveries about their communication implies a complex language ...

They might have fought as enemies in the 9th century, but the Vikings and Anglo-Saxons shared common languages and deep ...

Linguists can mix, match or even break the rules of real-world languages to create interesting imaginary ones.

Project CETI, you may recall, is the same group that recently released footage showing adult sperm whales collaborating as ...

Searching for alien languages sheds light on how much human languages have in common—with each other and even with animal ...

The synonym for bittersweet that best describes the ending of Project Hail Mary hasn’t been invented yet. Or maybe it’s in an alien language that can’t be properly translated. Here are the key ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. - State and local offices across Washington are now under direction to remove "alien" from statutes. Instead, instances of that phrasing will be replaced with "noncitizen." The bill, ...

How would we recognize a message from an alien civilization if we cannot understand its language? By combining information theory, Zipf’s Law, and studies of human and dolphin communication, ...

In a packed ballroom in Los Angeles, astrologer Shima Moore announces that something has just happened in the stars for the first time in at least 6,400 years. Minutes earlier, Saturn and Neptune met ...