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Most of the Western world is organized by alphabetical order, which is so much more than the 26 letters that make up the alphabet. Alphabetical order is…

Dragons have captured our imagination going back to the Greek and Roman Empires when the skeletal bones of dinosaurs fed the myths we still believe…

You’ve been working late and you just finished a big report that you sent off to your boss. And you received a one word reply back - "Thanks (period)."…

Fire imagery abounds in music, literature, art, and scripture. It thrives at the center of ceremony and ritual around the world. We associate fire with…

We all communicate in our daily lives, but how do languages actually work?Read a transcript of this program here.This hour, we talk with linguist Nicole…

The word "bastard" hasn't always been meant to offend. Used simply as an indication of illegitimate birth at first, the label "bastard" didn't bring with…

"Life is a self-sustained chemical system capable of undergoing Darwinian evolution."That's the so-called "NASA definition of life."Or there's…

Using our private bathrooms while working from home opened our eyes to how uncomfortable it can be to use public bathrooms at the office - especially when…

Transcript of the Where We Live show "Are You 'Bad At Grammar'? Think Again" which aired May 14, 2021.SEGMENT ONE:LUCY NALPATHANCHIL:This is Where We Live…

We all communicate in our daily lives, but how do languages actually work?This hour, we talk with linguist Nicole Holliday about the science behind…