Linguists can mix, match or even break the rules of real-world languages to create interesting imaginary ones.

For generations, human beings have wondered: What would alien life from another planet be like? But we rarely ask the opposite: What would they think of us? It's a question that can produce some, well ...

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How would we recognize a message from an alien civilization if we cannot understand its language? By combining information theory, Zipf’s Law, and studies of human and dolphin communication, ...

In Stefan Fatsis’s capacious, and at times score-settling, personal history of the reference book, he reveals what the dictionary can still tell us about language in modern life A page taken from the ...

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has directed the release of government files in an apparent attempt to answer a question many have asked: Are aliens real? In a post on social media platform Truth ...