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The brain can still process language even when fully unconscious
Jul 5, 2026A new study has revealed the surprising level of processing our brain can still achieve even when we are fast asleep.
Rogue orcas that attack boats have their own language, study finds
Jan 20, 2026The discovery is so unexpected that it has been likened to 'suddenly finding a new [human] language in the middle of Europe'.
Scientists develop 'universal language' to help them talk to aliens
Jan 14, 2026Even if we did happen to come into contact with intelligent extraterrestrials, how would we communicate with them ?
Mystery as boy awakens from surgery speaking a foreign language
Mar 19, 2025A 17-year-old boy from the Netherlands is at the center of a bizarre medical mystery that nobody can explain.
This is what English sounds like to someone who doesn't speak English
VIDEO Feb 1, 2025Ever wondered how someone who doesn't speak English might perceive a conversation in English ?
Archaeologists discover the world's oldest known alphabet in Syria
Nov 25, 2024The ancient text is inscribed upon finger-sized clay cylinders believed to date back some 4,500 years.
From the archives: man claims that he can speak multiple alien languages
VIDEO Mar 14, 2024In this vintage clip, BBC astronomer Sir Patrick Moore speaks to a man who says he can speak 'Venusian'.
Mysterious lost language discovered on 3,000-year-old tablets
Nov 19, 2023Archaeologists have found text written thousands of years ago that nobody has been able to translate.
Koko the sign language gorilla dies aged 46
VIDEO Jun 22, 2018A gentle gorilla who famously mastered sign language and understood 2,000 words has sadly passed away.
What would an alien language sound like ?
Jun 3, 2018If we ever do make contact with intelligent aliens, would we have any chance of understanding them ?
Aztec epidemic mystery may have been solved
Jan 16, 2018500 years ago, a deadly epidemic known as 'cocoliztli' killed nearly 80 per cent of the Aztec population.
Fish could be as intelligent as chimpanzees
Nov 12, 2017Scientists have found evidence to suggest that some fish can use a form of rudimentary sign language.
AI shut down after it invents its own language
VIDEO Aug 1, 2017Facebook was forced to shut down one of its artificial intelligence experiments due to an unforeseen issue.
Voynich manuscript 'written in two languages'
Apr 24, 2017Russian scholars have been making headway in deciphering the pages of the mysterious medieval text.
New gloves are able to convert sign language
VIDEO Apr 24, 2016Two sophomore students have invented gloves that can turn American Sign Language in to spoken words.
'Man stupid, fix Earth' says Koko the gorilla
VIDEO Jan 2, 2016A gorilla who can speak sign language has appeared in a new video to raise awareness for climate change.
Dutch chimps start adopting Scottish accent
Feb 9, 2015Researchers have identified the first ever case of animals actively modifying their use of language.
Woman starts speaking in past-life language
Jul 25, 2014A woman in India suddenly started speaking in a form of Bengali that was used over 150 years ago.
Why can't apes learn to speak like a human ?
Jul 20, 2014Is it possible for apes to speak English like in the new 'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes' movie ?
Researchers create chimpanzee dictionary
Jul 6, 2014Sign language gestures used by our primate cousins have been documented in full for the first time.
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