Learn how experience teaches the brain to distinguish between the words in languages over time.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) There are three main reasons why Danish is so complicated. First, with about 40 ...

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Fluent English speakers often add sounds between words to link them together. When one word ends with a vowel sound, and the following word begins with a vowel sound, you might hear a subtle /j/ or /w ...

You might’ve heard we’re trying to talk to whales. It sounds crazy, but it’s not so far-fetched, as in recent years we’ve been getting closer and closer to cracking the code of their remarkably ...

The paper is released for public view weeks after Google announced its AI model, DolphinGemma, which is set to revolutionize dolphin communication Getty Research reveals that dolphins can mimic human ...

Imagine you’ve just slammed a door on your finger. More often than not, this sudden jolt of pain elicits a vocal response. Maybe you exclaim “ouch!” or let out a cry or loud groan. But do the sounds ...

Melissa Breyer was Treehugger’s senior editorial director before moving to Martha Stewart. Her writing and photography have been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, ...

Graphs turn data into visual images that make the information easier to see and interpret. But another way to share data is by turning the numbers into sound, for example to find new patterns in the ...