Magic Fingers

Do baby sign language courses really work?

What Makes Hemingway Hemingway?

On the psychology of artistic style

On Expecting Things to Fall Apart

We understand entropy surprisingly early in life

Limericks That Leave You Hanging

When we expect to hear a rhyme and don’t

Tuesdays with Siri

How to Talk Shakespeare

Headless Bear Walks Up to Woman; Awesomeness Ensues

The search for the perfect title

When Nouns Verb Oddly

Verb meanings are slipperier than noun meanings

Are Our Screams, Sighs, and Giggles Universal?

Two studies suggest yes and no

Don’t Mock the Monocle (A Webcomic)

On our unspoken preferences for ordering adjectives

Not Enough Brain (A Webcomic)

On the persistence of a myth

Who’s John Again?

On novels and names

When Nouns Verb Oddly

Verb meanings are slipperier than noun meanings

Out of Office (A Webcomic)

The vacation message reimagined

How Many Words Does a Wordsmith Make?

On Aesop Rock, DMX, and the importance of a large vocabulary

Leave Your Laptop Home

Taking notes? There’s a memory advantage to using pen and paper

Don’t Mock the Monocle (A Webcomic)

On our unspoken preferences for ordering adjectives

Wave Your Hands and Say It Right

On the surprising relationship between gestures and memory

A Reader’s Guide to Ha Ha (A Webcomic)

On the many strange spellings of a very strange word

Sneak Attacks (A Webcomic)

What’s that word again?

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