How sad should we be when a language dies? Consider the case—call it callous or simply tough-minded—for saying, “Not at all.” A language, when it comes down to it, is a means of communication. When ...

A painting by Andrew LaMar Hopkins titled “Louisiana French Afro-Creole, Grandmother’s Wisdom” (2026).Credit...Andrew LaMar Hopkins Supported by By Jonathan Abrams While relaxing a couple of years ago ...

One of the most common questions in language learning is also one of the trickiest: How long does it take to become fluent in a language? The answer depends on several variables, including your native ...

Recently, a friend told me over coffee about some disheartening feedback she had received. “They said it was good,” she said, “but that it read like it was written by AI.” Knowing her, I understood ...

Nahda Nabiilah is a Staff Writer from Indonesia. She has always loved writing and playing games, so one day she decided to combine the two. She couldn't believe that she could make a career out of two ...

The distant moon Pandora from James Cameron’s Avatar films is a feast of sci-fi world-building. Dragonlike creatures prowl the skies. Supersmart whalelike beasts write poetry under the sea. And a ...

A few years ago, Rock Rest Elementary school went all in on phonics. The K-5 school outside of Charlotte, N.C., had been spurred to action by the “science of reading” movement. Teachers and ...

A pervasive narrative has taken hold in education: generative AI (genAI) is an unstoppable force, and educators must adapt or be left behind. Teachers have long been labeled or framed by technology ...

Each protein is identified as a point in this scatter plot of data embedded in the language model’s latent space. The red, green and yellow points indicate various subtypes of proteins found in nature ...

Suspicion and affection. Apprehension and excitement. Most people have mixed feelings about AI English, whether or not they always recognize it. When reading text generated by AI, people feel it ...

Recently returned to in-person instruction, a unique Cornell class introduces students to the language and culture of the Gayogo̱hó:nǫˀ, or Cayuga, people, on whose homelands Cornell stands. In ...

If you struggle to get good wireless signals throughout your house, you've done everything you can to improve those Wi-Fi speeds, and even the most reliable mesh systems aren't working, going full ...