October 16 is World Dictionary Day, marking the birthday of the great American lexicographer Noah Webster, who was born in what is now West Hartford, Connecticut, in 1758. Webster’s two-volume An ...

Dr. Elizabeth Yuko is a bioethicist and adjunct professor of ethics at Fordham University. She has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, CNN & Playboy. As a ...

If what we search for is any indication of what we value, then things aren't looking great for artificial intelligence. "Authentic" was selected as the 2023 word of the year by the Merriam-Webster ...

Creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content is often called “slop.” The word's proliferation online, in part thanks to the ...