Here’s a nice little distraction from your workday: Head to Google, type in any made-up phrase, add the word “meaning,” and ...

Three years into a project using artificial intelligence and voice to detect diseases and disorders, a University of South ...

T he English language is full of all sorts of quirks that can be infuriating to non-native speakers. (Imagine learning as an ...

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The AI revolution, which has begun to transform our lives over the past three years, is built on a fundamental linguistic ...

Misophonia is a dramatically disruptive and little-understood condition that can pose dramatic challenges to relationships.