What’s in a swear? The world’s filthiest words typically refer to something vulgar or taboo, for one. But there’s something else swears across the world’s languages have in common. They’re all missing ...

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Our dream is to take part in a giant cuddle puddle with hundreds of puppies — our lives would surely be complete after that, right? Now, if you think you know all there is to know about puppies and ...

Languages around the world have words for ‘this’ and ‘that’ according to new research from an international team, led by the University of East Anglia. Researchers studied more than 1,000 speakers of ...

Is the meaning of love truly universal? It might depend on the language you speak, a new study finds. Scientists who searched out semantic patterns in nearly 2,500 languages from all over the world ...

After years of being too anxious to practice my second language with others, Gemini Live gives me an environment I feel ...

Reporting from Seoul — Min Byoung-chul, a professor at Konkuk University, was recently having lunch with some Chinese students. This time, it was the teacher who was taking notes. The students were ...

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