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After 150 years of mystery, neuroscience has finally cracked the code on how language works in the brain—and the answer is surprisingly elegant.

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This year’s Luthuli Founders Lecture provides an invigorating call to action, emphasizing the importance of reviving African languages in fostering unity and cultural identity. Join the conversation ...

Silence is the space preceding language, and that space — between one tongue and another, between gesture and thought — is ...

Ernesto Portillo Jr. Oct 22, 2016 Oct 22, 2016 Updated Oct 19, 2022 In O’odham the word for goat is siwat and ce:kol is squirrel. The word for brain is ‘uag. Wanna know the O’odham word for pencil? It ...

Boys, girls or both – we could all learn a little something from Hedwig. The character Hedwig from the musical-turned-indie-film “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” sits between genders. In the story, she ...

Spanish has always been a part of who I am. Ever since I can remember, my mom has said, “respond to me in Spanish so you ...