Up until now, the stated end goal for companies developing artificial intelligence (AI) products has almost universally been to achieve artificial general intelligence (AGI)—an ill-defined ambition ...

I do not take drugs. I am drugs. You can take me. I am a hallucinogen.” These are the famous words left by surrealist painter ...

Language learning marketplace Preply is now valued at $1.2 billion after raising a $150 million Series D round that marks a ...

Jessica Mary Bradley currently receives funding from the British Academy / Leverhulme Trust in collaboration with Wellcome. Abigail Parrish does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding ...

Language learning is often a daunting prospect. Many of us wish we had learned a language to a higher level at school. But even though adults of all ages can do well in acquiring a new language, ...

Six-year-old Antoni, born in the UK to Polish parents, speaks only a few English words in class and often looks confused when ...

The reasons why seemingly random experiences are preserved in our memory, and how this could hold the keys to our future.

Language apps have turned daily study into a game, but the gap between tapping through multiple-choice drills and actually ...

The pressure put on women by society is immense. We are expected to be attractive, compelling, intelligent, and high-achieving. We need to fill our wallets, so to speak, while being maternal and ...