Like how sounds change over time. Different sounds will evolve into other sounds, things like vowel shifts and consonant hierarchies, but it has to do with like how sounds are organized in the brain.

This preserved melody and rhythm, but removed the frequencies higher than 900 Hz which contain consonant and vowel detail. Listeners correctly distinguished the languages more often than not ...

This informal talk reflects on the life of Tsanlha Ngawang (1930–2025), the “Beggar Lama,” a Tibetan Buddhist polymath whose journey offers profound insights into the resilience and evolution of ...