Since the 1980s, scientists have known fine roots (< 2 mm) are critical to ecosystem carbon cycling, with research long ...

Discover the fascinating origins of Indo-European languages and the ancient Proto-Indo-European tongue that connects them all ...

Language is alive because it is spoken by living persons. Language evolves because we are evolving. Like everything that is part of human existence, it needs to be nurtured, protected and preserved.

The Cambridge Dictionary recently caused a stir when 'skibidi', 'delulu' and 'tradwife' were among more than 6,000 new ...

A “sycophant” is a person who obsessively flatters someone important to gain advantage. It is a noun that can refer to anyone ...

Ukrainian belongs to the East Slavic language family, sharing roots with Russian and Belarusian. For English speakers, mastering this beautiful language presents unique challenges and opportunities.

This now-extinct tongue was probably spoken somewhere in Eurasia as many as 8,000 years ago. But how do we know ...

Feast on the bounty of these seasonal word origins. Artichoke Artichoke ultimately comes from the Arabic al-harshuf, meaning "the artichoke." The word, and plant, passed into Spanish, Italian, and ...

Many years ago, while in college at Allegheny in Meadville, Pennsylvania, I had a French professor who frequently introduced words from his beloved language which he felt were virtually impossible to ...

Hindi Diwas Speech in English: Hindi Diwas is celebrated to commemorate a very significant moment in our history. On September 14, 1949, the Constituent Assembly of India adopted Hindi, written in the ...

Mental Floss has recently taken deep dives into some of America’s hardest to pronounce place names, as well as the U.S. state ...

Once upon a time, the English language was full of stories with “blossoms,” “rivers,” and “moss.” But these words are disappearing from our vocabularies — and along with them, our connection to the ...