To clarify aspects of multiple sclerosis that might be confusing, columnist Ben Hofmeister tries to use humor, analogies, and metaphors.

Humans rely on metaphors to guide a shared understanding of our complex world, and in a novel twist, a faculty member in the ...

President Donald Trump’s political speeches recently served as a testing ground for the capabilities and limitations of large ...

“The ordering of the operations ‘putting shoes on’ and ‘putting socks on’ therefore matters,” Schwichtenberg had written, ...

This year’s marking season has been particularly tough, according to Dr Mark Shanahan, an associate politics prof at Surrey ...

Subtle asymmetries in a horse's movement can be easy to miss, especially under time pressure or with unfamiliar horses; an ...

They are the clever tricks and techniques in everyday speech, writing, and even memes that make our words more effective, memorable, and fun.In this article, we’ll explore rhetorical devices, how they ...

If we continue thinking within this brain-as-AI framework, we risk losing the vital thought processes that have led to major breakthroughs in science and art.

One of the biggest stories in science is quietly playing out in the world of abstract mathematics. Over the course of last ...