Very few people get to invent a new language that is heard by millions: DW talked to linguist Paul Frommer about how he developed the "Avatar" aliens' language. "It's been quite a remarkable event in ...

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) -- Missouri Western is offering the public a scientific and holiday-themed look at the retelling of an age-old Christmas story. The Bushman Planetarium at MoWest is ...

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 ...

Is language core to thought, or a separate process? For 15 years, the neuroscientist Ev Fedorenko has gathered evidence of a language network in the human brain — and has found some similarities to ...

SALEM, Va. – Friends and family gathered to honor the life of Autumn Bushman, a young girl who tragically lost her life to suicide after facing bullying. The gathering marked what would have been ...

Are tech companies on the verge of creating thinking machines with their tremendous AI models, as top executives claim they are? Not according to one expert. We humans tend to associate language with ...

In their classic 1998 textbook on cognitive neuroscience, Michael Gazzaniga, Richard Ivry, and George Mangun made a sobering observation: there was no clear mapping between how we process language and ...

"I had questioned that a couple of times, and she fought back and said, 'Mom, I need my alarm,' " Summer Bushman told CBS News about her daughter taking the phone to bed at night The mother of a ...

Language is one of the few faculties that still seems to be uniquely human. Other animals, like chimpanzees and songbirds, have developed elaborate communication systems, but none appears to convey ...

FITCHBURG — The Fitchburg Housing Authority celebration on Thursday shined a light on all those who play a part in providing roofs over so many heads. The 7th annual Fitchburg Housing Authority (FHA) ...

To keep its new juvenile detention center on budget, Cole County needs to break ground this year, Presiding County Commissioner Sam Bushman said Thursday. The new center has been the county's No. 1 ...

The 2025 Buckmasters Expo returns to the Montgomery Convention Center August 15-17 with expanded booth space and vendors. Free admission with a canned good or $1 donation benefiting Friendship Mission ...