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 ...

They are only weeds because we, humans, deem them so. A weed is any plant growing in an undesirable place, so what does that ...

As noted public speaking coach Rosemary Ravinal sees it, "Celebrated quotes condense complex ideas into a few words. They’re a form of sound bites, sticky and easy to remember." In the realm of public ...

Scotland have made three changes to their side for the visit of champions Ireland to Murrayfield in the Six Nations on Sunday ...

Perhaps the most powerful shaper of English was William Tyndale. Tyndale's translation of the Bible into English is rich in ...