Despite the word being coined in the early 1950s, people are still only just realizing what 'scuba' stands for.

The study presents new evidence that infants are capable of learning words solely through exposure to language. Human ...

The American-born pontiff, a Chicago native, speaks Spanish, Italian, French and Portuguese. He also reads Latin and German.

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday begin the secretive, ...

Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert ...

Does knowing a language mean knowing a lot of words, or how to speak it properly? The answer largely depends on your goals.

The First Amendment protects your right to assemble and express your views through protest. However, police and other government officials are allowed to place certain narrow restrictions on the ...

Students shouldn’t encounter word problems for the first time in an assessment. Teachers need to bring the right word ...

Some of the words are cutesy (kerfuffle, jubilee). Others are onomatopoeic, with a similar sound to the idea they’re ...

This new Google experiment just might give you a glimpse of what it will be like to learn a new language in the future.

Available through Google Labs, the new tools use AI to provide language lessons to help you in real-life situations.