Human language may seem messy and inefficient compared to the ultra-compact strings of ones and zeros used by computers—but our brains actually prefer it that way. New research reveals that while ...

The most dangerous myths are the ones we don’t see. Human exceptionalism—the belief that humans are fundamentally separate from and superior to the rest of nature—is one of those myths. It’s embedded ...

Every time we speak, we're improvising. "Humans possess a remarkable ability to talk about almost anything, sometimes putting words together into never-before-spoken or -written sentences," said ...