You probably do it dozens of times a day without thinking: you pause mid-sentence, say “um,” then pick back up. Most ...

Conventional tools such as breathalyzers, blood draws and urine tests are hampered by their intrusiveness, slow turnaround times or inability to capture real-time impairment, especially when multiple ...

BioMedWire Editorial Coverage: The ability to accurately detect drug and alcohol intoxication has long been a persistent challenge across industries, from law enforcement and workplace safety to ...

Pokémon fans have analyzed Pikachu's limited syllabic speech and identified recurring patterns tied to specific characters, moves, and situations. The fan-compiled list suggests Pikachu uses distinct ...

We don't usually realize it, but every word we speak depends on a series of complex brain processes working behind the scenes ...

Background and objective Speech disorders are a common presenting concern to paediatricians. Yet evidence to guide detection and speech sound therapy referral of cases at risk for persistent speech ...

President Donald Trump now holds the modern-era record for the longest State of the Union address, surpassing President Bill Clinton’s 2000 speech. The State of the Union is the president’s annual ...

Ricky Gervais appeared to laugh at this year’s crop of Grammy winners for their politically-charged speeches, taking to X after the 2026 ceremony to share an excerpt from his 2020 Golden Globes ...

Everyone's diagnosing everyone with narcissism on the thinnest of criteria these days, but it turns out there is one way to detect a potential personality disorder in a person: their speech patterns.