California took a big step toward overhauling its reading curriculum last week when Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill pushing for phonics-based instruction in elementary and middle school classrooms.

Studycat updates its Fun English app with a child-paced, pressure-free design that helps young learners focus, build confidence, and enjoy learning. Our goal is to let kids learn at their own rhythm.

A group of Stanford researchers are harnessing the sound of mothers' voices for infants born weeks or months prematurely, ...

Grammar expert June Casagrande was recently surprised to learn she is a British citizen, thanks to her father. She took a ...

Discover the meaning of “language deprivation” and why accessible language exposure for children born deaf or hard of hearing is important.

Hearing the sound of their mother's voice promotes development of language pathways in a premature baby's brain, according to ...

Babies born too soon seem to have stronger connections in one of the major brain areas that supports language processing if ...

Baird, B.B. , Bryan, J. , D’Urso, P. and Pernsteiner, C. (2025) Associative Cognitive Function of Language Found in the ...

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

Ever wonder what your dog is trying to say? Well, a University of Texas at Arlington researcher is aiming to turn barks, howls and whimpers of man's best friend into intelligible speech—a kind of ...

David Edwards has spent over a decade reporting on social justice, human rights and politics for Raw Story. He also writes Crooks and Liars. He has a background in enterprise resource planning and ...

Have you ever called your colleague a "hairy-nose wombat", a "giggling goose", or yelled "hell yeah" across the office? If you were a politician and used one of those expressions in parliament, you ...