Imagine hearing the word “echo” and feeling an odd shiver as you call into a canyon, your voice bouncing back as if answering ...

Human language allows us to learn new words for things we've never witnessed directly. We do this seamlessly, for example, in ...

Launched to coincide with World English Day, Phrase-ology highlights how language is constantly evolving, shaped by global ...

The word itself predates Christianity, but the conclave with its secretive deliberations and ancient trappings still captures ...

Four University of Iowa international students admitted to the United States on F-1 student visas are suing the Department of ...

Elizabeth Mirabal, third-year Spanish Ph.D student at the University, wrote “Herbarium” as a 205 page collection of free ...

STATE OF ORIGIN and Gold Coast Titans star AJ Brimson is set to switch his allegiance from Australia to England ahead of Ashes Test Series at the end of the year. That’s according to News Corp ...

Fans of The Beatles have been surprised to learn where the legendary group got its name. The band, which is comprised of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, found its ...

Dozens of English words, from admiral to zero, have Arabic origins. WITHOUT al-gebra there would not be physics, without al-gorithms there wouldn’t be computers, and without al-kaline there ...

Despite this, there is still a surprising lack of understanding regarding the historical origins of these modern health inequalities. Second, the social, economic, and environmental factors ...

St Paul extends the use of the word ‘Israel’ to mean all the people of God, whether of Jewish or Gentile origin. He wrote to the church at Galatia, “Peace and mercy to all who follow this rule – to ...

This case appeared to me so remarkable that I discussed it at some length in my “Origin of Species;” but I do not expect that anyone who has less faith in natural selection than I have ...