David J. Peterson, the language creator for HBO's Game of Thrones, explains how to go about creating a fictional language. David breaks down how he constructed the Dothraki and Valyrian languages, and ...

Built from low-powered protein nanowires made by bacteria, these neurons could enable vastly more efficient, bio-inspired computers. Engineers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed ...

Google has announced it is updating “Help me create” on Google Docs to support seven additional languages. The company announced in a blog post on Monday that it’s expanding the little-known ...

This release is also available in French, Spanish and Japanese. At a school in Managua, Nicaragua, deaf children are speaking a new language entirely their own, which nonetheless has remarkable ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alison Escalante M.D. covers parenting, pediatrics and neurodiversity. In order to navigate our world, we have to learn to ...

Why do some languages have simpler grammars than others? Researchers propose that the size of the community influences the complexity of the language that evolves in it. When small and large groups of ...

Milwaukee is a city of neighborhoods. And the language we choose to describe them can impact how they're perceived. We're looking at the impact of using "loaded" words, such as labels that describe ...

This article was taken from the March issue of Wired UK magazine. Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by ...

In this one-hour activity, students gain an understanding of the nature of human communication and foster a scientific view on languages. Through class activities, games, reading, and analysis, ...