The co-curators and performers of Brooklyn Academy of Music’s annual celebration of hip-hop and poetry talk about this year’s theme of "The New Storyteller." The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) ...

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A “cacophony” is defined as a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds. It is a noun that not only can be attributed to the sounds ...

Computer scientist Kenny Zhu has built what he says is the world’s largest video and audio catalog of canine vocalizations.

BAM presents Word. Sound. Power. 2023: WORD-The New Storytellers, celebrating the 50th anniversary of hip-hop and paying homage to the rhythmic and verbal storytellers of the culture. The electrifying ...

This European word dates back to the 1600s, when it described a small bag for carrying coins. The name comes from—you guessed it—a small book that used to be carried in one’s pocket and also held bank ...

Whimsically weird words make conversations even more interesting and they certainly stump the whippersnappers of this world. You may have heard of the silly terms and phrases like gobbledygook, ...

Linguists uncover how aspiration compensates for missing vowels, offering insights into endangered languages and speech ...

Our world has gone global, but some words continue to be pronounced oh-so-locally Your accent is showing Language is more ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Newer generations often hear certain words without knowing where they originally stem from. And while they may have their own version of these slang terms, there are 11 slang words boomers still use ...