The BMJ

When I use a word . . . Medical skepticism

Ambrose Bierce’s collection of satirical definitions, The Devil’s Dictionary , has had many modern imitators, of which ...

‘Yea, nah’ and other Aussie slang make history

Classic Australian slang terms have been recognised as part of a historical documentation of how the English language has ...

A little bird told her: scientist wins $100,000 prize for decoding birdsong

Julie Elie worked out how zebra finches announce who they are, what they are doing and use individual signatures ...

30 Pieces Of Furniture That Anyone Under 40 Would Be Genuinely Baffled By

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Ranking 24 public speaking skills

Not all public speaking skills are created equal. Some habits can actively hurt your presentation. Others are nice additions ...

California is tracking AI job losses — but should track gains, too

More than half of Americans fear that they, or someone in their household, could lose their job to AI. A recent Reuters/Ipsos ...

Platner drops out of crucial Senate race after bombshell rape allegation torpedoes campaign

Graham Platner suspended his Maine Senate campaign amid controversies including Reddit posts, a controversial tattoo and ...

MLB strikes out in bid to trademark 'play ball'

Major League Baseball struck out last week when the United States Patent and Trademark Office denied the league's request to ...
The Tribune

DIANE PHILLIPS: Honour or honor? Organise or organize

And how do you spell the word that means to arrange people, things or events – do you organise with an ‘s’ or do you organize with a ‘z’? For those who say using an ‘s’ is the right way, you may be ...
Opinion

At a poet’s memorial, I saw how Andy Burnham could be a different kind of prime minister

The putative PM-to-be explained how one of Tony Harrison’s poems gave him a new outlook, says poet and author Blake Morrison ...

If you've used any of these 25 slang terms, you were almost certainly born in the last century

Stacker has rounded up 25 old-timey sayings from the 1950s through the 1990s to explore their beginnings and their original ...
The Lens

New immigration rules require almost-unattainable evidence for many abuse survivors

New federal guidelines are making it harder for immigrant survivors of domestic violence to seek legal status under VAWA, advocates say, adding stricter evidence requirements and raising fears of ...