Some time ago, I fell into conversation with a colleague about what we had been reading lately, and the person suggested that I absolutely must give Henry James’s “The Ambassadors” a try. The pandemic ...

The human mind is astonishing. We can think through the toughest problems and find the smartest solutions. We can compute answers to the toughest mathematical questions. And we can apply our creative ...

Have you ever discovered a new word? You’re reading along and suddenly a new one pops up. You usually can figure out its meaning from the context or the obvious roots of the word. But then there is ...

Even if you’re not a full-blown grammar nerd, you’ll find the origins of these words that changed meaning over time completely fascinating The English language is alive—and like any living thing, it ...

Tom Oliver has received research funding from BBSRC, NERC and Natural England for quantifying climate change impacts on biodiversity and developing climate adaptation plans for humans and other ...

Jessica Blythe receives funding from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council. Christine Daigle receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. She is an ...