The secret physics at the core of every syllable, starting with the first words we speak. Human language is an incredible thing: a combination of mouth sounds that we combine into words, sentences, ...

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Every elementary school student learns it early in their lives: A, E, I, O, U and sometimes Y. Scott Zolak, however, was apparently absent on the day that was taught in his school, and he adamantly ...

How is language evolving on the internet? In this series on internet linguistics, Gretchen McCulloch breaks down the latest innovations in online communication. Vowel-less words, like srsly, thx, k, ...

Students [Berk Gokmen] and [Justin Green] developed an RP2040-based LED-illuminated lightsaber as a final project with a bit of a twist. It has two unusual sound-reactive modes: disco mode, and vowel ...

Edsol Crowder thinks he’s hearing a new crop of mispronunciations and wonders whether others are hearing the same sounds. For instance, he says, a conservative radio talk-show host repeatedly says ...