Discover the key differences between American English and British English in spelling, vocabulary, pronunciation, and grammar ...

Written in 1598, the same year as Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Tang Xianzu's "The Peony Pavilion" tells the tale of Du ...

The mammals' mysterious clicks contain a stunning level of complexity, a new study shows. A group of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) swims together in the Indian Ocean. For years, researchers ...

Sperm whales swimming off the coast of Dominica. The marine mammals have a complex communication system that scientists are working to decode. Amanda Cotton Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...

Ever wondered why Lucifer sounds so irresistibly charming with that sinfully smooth British accent? Turns out, it wasn’t always supposed to be that way. When Tom Ellis first stepped into the shoes of ...

Abstract: Whispered speech, as a relatively common form of communications, has received little research effort in spite of its usefulness in everyday vocal communications. Apart from a few notable ...

After spending over a decade as part of one of TV’s biggest franchises, British actor Andrew Lincoln is understandably known by many viewers through AMC’s megapopular zombie series The Walking Dead.

Headteacher Katharine Birbalsingh thinks multiculturalism in Britain has led to an excessive focus on our differences rather than what unites us, but she believes schools like hers can change that by ...

Fluent English speakers often add sounds between words to link them together. When one word ends with a vowel sound, and the following word begins with a vowel sound, you might hear a subtle /j/ or /w ...

A British Airways flight attendant was found naked in an onboard toilet while under the influence of drugs, a court has heard. Haden Pentecost, 41, was working on a flight from California to London ...

Back in 2006, when Tony Blair was PM and Woolworths was still a fixture on British high streets, over in China, the first residents were moving into Thames Town. A purpose-built suburban community ...