Today, humans speak over 7,000 languages, yet all of them might share a common origin that dates back at least 135,000 years.

About half of U.S. adults (51%) say it is extremely or very important for the U.S. to make English its official language.

Humans' unique language capacity was present at least 135,000 years ago, according to a survey of genomic evidence. As such, language might have entered social use 100,000 years ago.

New genetic research suggests that humans first developed language around 135,000 years ago when populations began ...

The White House does not have a list of banned words that are restricted from use in official documents and instead gives ...

One of the most profound questions about human history is when language, as we know it, first emerged. A new analysis of ...

An AI model trained on dozens of hours of real-world conversation accurately predicts human brain activity and shows that ...

Another Democratic legislator from San Francisco, Assemblywoman Catherine Stefani, has introduced Assembly Bill 699, which ...

The SpellRing was developed by Cornell researchers and uses AI plus micro-sonar tech to track real-time fingerspelling. Right ...

Middle school teachers can use a variety of tech and no-tech games to help students build skills in the target language.

The artist’s seemingly simple pen strokes were capable of capturing both the gravity and the absurdity of peacetime and war.

President Donald Trump’s tariffs have companies scurrying to revise commercial contracts to mitigate the damage.