The tree diagram, in particular, has its roots in the Middle Ages. “In Medieval Europe, 800 years ago, visual communication was critical,” Lima says, drawing from his book, which examines the ...

When linguists talk about the historical relationship between languages, they use a tree metaphor. An ancient source (say, Indo-European) has various branches (e.g., Romance, Germanic), which ...

A Christmas tree lighting ceremony was held at Universal Studios Japan (USJ) theme park in Osaka on November 19. The tree was lit up following a countdown by about 700 people.