What Makes Hemingway Hemingway?
On the psychology of artistic style
By Jessica Love Thursday, January 15, 2015
On Expecting Things to Fall Apart
We understand entropy surprisingly early in life
By Jessica Love Thursday, January 8, 2015
Limericks That Leave You Hanging
When we expect to hear a rhyme and don’t
By Jessica Love Thursday, December 18, 2014
When Nouns Verb Oddly
Verb meanings are slipperier than noun meanings
By Jessica Love Thursday, November 13, 2014
Are Our Screams, Sighs, and Giggles Universal?
Two studies suggest yes and no
By Jessica Love Thursday, November 6, 2014
Don’t Mock the Monocle (A Webcomic)
On our unspoken preferences for ordering adjectives
By Jessica Love Thursday, October 30, 2014
When Babies Bang
A new study says the ruckus readies us for tool use
By Jessica Love Thursday, August 15, 2013
The Internet is a James Joyce Novel
On the playful language of image macros
By Jessica Love Thursday, August 8, 2013
Freshman, Meet Your Roommates
Prepare to share toothpaste—and dialects
By Jessica Love Thursday, August 1, 2013
Language in an Age of Seamlessness
What happens to conversation when everyone’s using a different device?
By Jessica Love Thursday, July 18, 2013
Well, Hey There, Search
Soon we may query search engines as naturally as we query each other
By Jessica Love Thursday, June 27, 2013
A Dog With Two Names?
For bilingual babies, words don’t come with the same assumptions
By Jessica Love Thursday, June 20, 2013
Search: A Primer for the Rest of Us
Search engines are the ultimate gatekeepers. How do they work?
By Jessica Love Thursday, June 13, 2013
Tell the Riddle Right
Subtle linguistic manipulations can change how we interpret questions
By Jessica Love Thursday, June 6, 2013
