The print edition of Merriam-Webster was once a touchstone of authority and stability. Then the internet brought about a ...

“Can I say: I drink gin and tonics and eat chocolates?” says retiree Pauline McHale when her class is asked to explain, as Gaeilge, what a typical work day entails. She was one of seven adults ranging ...

Andrew Cowell currently receives funding from National Science Foundation. Past funding related to the work described here has come from the American Council of Learned Societies and Hans Rausing ...

BOULDER, Colo. — For years, the number of people who could speak the Arapaho language has been dwindling. But a linguistics professor at CU Boulder is collaborating with the Northern Arapaho Tribe to ...

Prior to O-Week each year, orientation leaders (OLs) undergo training to better understand the role we must play in welcoming new students to Duke. This year was no different; around 200 upperclassmen ...

When I first wrote “Vector databases: Shiny object syndrome and the case of a missing unicorn” in March 2024, the industry was awash in hype. Vector databases were positioned as the next big thing — a ...

At BYU, it’s not unusual to hear Spanish in the library, French in the Wilkinson Student Center or Russian on the way to class. Because of missions, classes or experiences living in other countries, ...

In context: Rust is a general-purpose language designed for building fast and secure software. Its strong focus on memory safety aims to eliminate most memory-related bugs and security vulnerabilities ...

The research carried out during the doctoral program received financial support from the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et Culture (FRQSC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research ...

Speaking — even trying to speak — a language will help open doors on your next trip, and achieving a “survival level” might be easier than you think. By Ruffin Prevost There are plenty of reasons to ...

Oracle Corp. today unveiled MCP Server for Oracle Database, a new Model Context Protocol offering that brings artificial intelligence-powered interaction directly into its core database platform to ...

From the start of the Donbas war in 2014 to the full-scale invasion in February 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin has sought to justify Moscow’s aggression against Ukraine by citing the ...