A new study found that some dogs can learn words for objects by overhearing a conversation, an ability humans begin to ...

Daniel Liberto is a journalist with over 10 years of experience working with publications such as the Financial Times, The Independent, and Investors Chronicle. A comparative statement is a financial ...

Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...

The cover of "The World in a Phrase" beside author James Geary. (Courtesy of James Geary) Author James Geary loves aphorisms, those short, witty statements that often contain profound truths. In 2005, ...

If you think choosing precisely the right words doesn’t matter much, you’re wrong. A single word can have amazing power to change human behavior, usually without our being aware of it. Which means ...

There are two ads mentioned in the complaint – a TV ad from December and one on its own website. The former has been deemed fine by the regulator and the latter not. The TV ad, presumably the one in ...

Towards the end of Jane Eyre, our eponymous hero—having rebuffed her cousin St. John’s marriage proposal—lets us know that a touch of frost has settled on their relations as a result, and “he ...

Older generations were onto something using these phrases. Language is always evolving, even if we don't notice it. As generations pass, words that were once commonplace fall out of fashion. Some ...

Koelle, Sigismund W. (1854). Polyglotta Africana or Comparative Vocabulary of Nearly Three Hundred Words and Phrases in more than One Hundred Distinct African Languages. London: Church Missionary ...