How would we recognize a message from an alien civilization if we cannot understand its language? By combining information theory, Zipf’s Law, and studies of human and dolphin communication, ...

Researchers who listen for signs of non-human life say signals ‘can slip below detection thresholds, even if it’s there’ Earth’s leading alien hunters believe extraterrestrials could be out there – ...

Pedantry is a desirable characteristic in a lawyer, to my mind. Lawyers do, after all, spend much time arguing profitably about semantics. Journalists should be pedants too. Paul Rogerson I wrestled ...

Welsh language commissioner calls for ‘transformative’ intervention, amid Reform UK threats to undo new powers A “revolution is required” to protect the Welsh language, according to a major new report ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. - State and local offices across Washington are now under direction to remove "alien" from statutes. Instead, instances of that phrasing will be replaced with "noncitizen." The bill, ...