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New study suggests ancient campfires may have encouraged our ancestors to develop language.
Inflexible meeting times, transportation and childcare challenges can limit parents or caregivers from getting involved in their children’s education.
New research suggests negative or anxiety-inducing images might be more useful than once thought.
Uncertainty is part of the scientific process, and it’s not a bad thing – it’s where future discoveries can happen.
Mobile phones have become part of just about everyone’s emergency infrastructure. But what do you do when the power and service go out?
‘Who’s a good boy? Yes, you are!’
From pidgins to Tolkien and Esperanto, humans have created entirely new languages for many different reasons.
As AI-generated text becomes harder to identify, the real clues lie in how online conversations are being manipulated.
Two communication scholars explain how what Americans eat became shorthand for who they are.
Research shows there’s more we can do to engage children during health-care appointments. Three experts explain.
Other communication techniques can help move disagreement past attacks and sound bites.
Misfluencers fuel the spread of misinformation by being a perceived as a trustworthy source of information.
Paralysed people are already using brain-computer interfaces to turn their thoughts into text. But there are risks to this technology.
On the field, football has the power to bring cultural unity. But crackdowns on immigrants and soaring costs will make it more difficult to attend.
Email is as much about performing competence as actually communicating information. What happens if humans leave the system?
Beyond diagnosis, the real issue is who gets heard and what counts as knowledge about autistic lives.
The US Federal Reserve has never before been this transparent about its policymaking process − but that might not be a good thing.
Finding ways to communicate effectively with men about vasectomies is key to persuading them to have the procedure.
Patients with dementia can still recognise unanswered questions and weak explanations – and it can heighten distress.
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