This is what it sounds like when sperm whales communicate. Those bursts of clicking noises are called codas. It's sounds a bit like Morse code. New research has found their system of communication is ...

Sperm whale communication may have similarities to human language (Credit: Amanda Cotton/Project CETI) Researchers studying sperm whale communication say they've uncovered sophisticated structures ...

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I spent my teaching career in large part trying to train Canadian college students to spell their own language. (Those were 40 years I'll never get back.) At Kílala Lelum, we walk alongside our ...

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D as in "Dora" — or "David"? The Nazis had eliminated Jewish names from the German spelling alphabet. The names are to return, at least symbolically. It is a common situation during a phone call: the ...

Backers of a universal alphabet say it will make pronunciation easy and foster international understanding. But can phonetic spelling systems really smooth the path to world peace? You are in Vietnam ...