New Experiments Hint Human Language Likely Didn’t Start With Grunts

Our ability to elaborately communicate is one of humanity’s greatest superpowers. It allows us to retain and build knowledge across generations, cooperating at a global scale unlike anything else seen on Earth. But much about how this ability evolved is still a mystery, including its origins.   Recently, a team of researchers set up some … Read more

‘Star Trek: Picard’ won’t ‘press forward’ with the synthetic storyline, producer Akiva Goldsman says

The marketing machine for the new season of “Star Trek: Picard” has been working overtime, with Patrick Stewart and the cast doing TV and press interviews, plus poster campaigns have been spotted at Los Angeles international airport and on the New York subway. It’s been almost two years (actually 706 days, just 24 days short … Read more