All known human languages display a surprising pattern: the most frequent word in a language is twice as frequent as the second most frequent, three times as frequent as the third, and so on. This is ...

There’s a reason why music is called a universal language: Lullabies, hymns, pop songs, and dance tracks are as ubiquitous to the human experience as eating and sleeping. However, scientists have ...

Legend has it that once upon a time, people all spoke the same language. They decided to build a city and a tower as high as possible, to get closer to God. God, annoyed by this act of defiance by ...