In the realm of scientific inquiry, few studies can astonish us as much as those that probe into the unseen connections between human behavior and the natural world. One such bizarre yet enlightening ...

As young children, how do we build our vocabulary? Even by age 1, many infants seem to think that if they hear a new word, it means something different from the words they already know. But why they ...

A boy unearths a treasure trove of adjectives, and a strange word discovered by a scholar becomes an overnight sensation. From “A Chest Full of Words.”Credit...Rebecca Gugger and Simon Röthlisberger ...

Dr. Robert J. Booker (Bob) had the ability to disagree without being disagreeable, unless he needed to; then he would. Yet he remained adamant about his position regardless of which approach he chose.

Developmental language disorder (DLD) affects around two children in each class. It hinders their acquisition and use of ...