If you’ve used a computer, it’s almost certain you have used Microsoft Word. The aptly named word processor is one of the most influential computer programs in history. From schools to businesses, ...

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A word which baffled the producers of the latest series of Race Across the World is among 10 Welsh words to be added to the Oxford English Dictionary in its latest update. Fin Gough and Sioned Cray, ...

Tariffs are President Trump's favorite word. That's not an exaggeration. "I always say 'tariffs' is the most beautiful word to me in the dictionary," he said at a rally just hours after his ...

Words wield power; they can significantly shape people, culture, and behavior. Yet while we grow ever more aware that we live and work in a world of finite natural resources, the language we use in ...

These four sounds are missing from some of the seven words you can never say on television, and the pattern prevails in other languages too, researchers say. By Elizabeth Preston “Holy motherforking ...

They are just two little words. They appear on just one page of an 11,000 word document. But the inclusion of the phrase “fossil fuels” in the final agreement from COP28 marks a potentially trajectory ...

Migrants seeking asylum in the United States wait on the border of Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico, on March 19, 2024. AFP via Getty Images Politically incorrect words don’t kill, but ...

As many educators and researchers will attest, there’s no exact science to choosing vocabulary words—no inherent reason the word “detest” is more important to teach than “despise,” or why “compassion” ...

Tom Oliver has received research funding from BBSRC, NERC and Natural England for quantifying climate change impacts on biodiversity and developing climate adaptation plans for humans and other ...