You can get a good sense of what people care about by what they read, what they write and the topics they choose. In that ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Shane O'Neill of The Washington Post about the word "aesthetic" and its evolution from art criticism and design theory to online speak and the White House.

A fitting Word of the Year from Merriam-Webster, which reflects one of 2025's main sources of concern: the proliferation of AI and our way of consuming low quality ...

It’s only the second time that an adjective has been crowned Word of the Year, following “paranoid” in 2016, and Cambridge Dictionary defines this year’s word as: “involving or relating to a ...

The Indiana Hoosiers (3-0) compete against the University of Incarnate Word (2-1) on Sunday. Darian DeVries has the IU fan base reinvigorated after the first few games of his tenure in Bloomington.

Every year, a new phrase takes over TikTok and everyday conversations—but no one saw this one coming. Dictionary.com has officially named “6 7” the Word of the Year for 2025, and it’s left parents, ...

When I turned 60, I knew something wasn’t right. I lost weight. I felt drained. I had no appetite. I had a gut feeling — literally, abdominal discomfort — and a sense that something serious was going ...

A law in effect for less than two weeks is already wreaking havoc all over the internet. The United Kingdom law—called the Online Safety Act—is purportedly about protecting children. The best I can ...

In a recent episode of his highly influential podcast, Joe Rogan declared what he sees as the latest triumph in the cultural battle over language: the return of the “R-word.” “Every time I see people ...

Gmail already adds an Unsubscribe button to every promotional email or newsletter you receive in your inbox. That way, you can stop someone from sending you emails without first visiting their website ...

Apple's Pages never gets the praise it should, but it's especially unfairly ignored on the iPad where in truth it is an exceptionally easy to use pro writing app. Whether it's on the Mac or the iPad, ...

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