Human language is structured to minimize mental effort by using familiar, predictive patterns grounded in lived experience.

Type-safe language for the Erlang VM and JavaScript runtimes now supports external annotations for external types.

Humans have always been fascinated with space. We frequently question whether we are alone in the universe. If not, what does intelligent life look like? And how would aliens communicate? How could ...

Scarlett Howard currently has funding from the Australian Research Council and the Hermon Slade Foundation. Adrian Dyer receives funding from the Australian Research Council, the Alexander von ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: We are generating staggering amounts of data every day. Data centers just can’t keep up with the demand. With data storage needs expected to soar in ...

The current wave of anti-transgender legislation in the U.S. is not a new phenomenon. Roughly 1,000 bills have been put forward in 49 states, although 381 have failed. Those advocating for the removal ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Pay transparency has become a hot-button issue for Californians — especially Latinas, whom a UCLA study recently ...

Five years ago, in the heart of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation, along the Canadian St. Lawrence River across from Montréal, Kanen’tó:kon Hemlock and Ieronhienhá:wi Tatum McComber pondered a question posed ...

From punch card-operated looms in the 1800s to modern cellphones, if an object has “on” and “off” states, it can be used to store information. In a laptop computer, the ones and zeroes that make up ...