Analysis shows whales’ coda vocalizations are ‘highly complex’ and remarkably similar to our own ...

Dog brains can detect speech, and show different activity patterns to a familiar and an unfamiliar language, a new brain imaging study has found (Eniko Kubinyi) Dogs can detect speech and distinguish ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

University of Sheffield researchers to lead major international research project exploring one of the longest-standing linguistic challenges in Central and Eastern European languages Sheffield ...

An influential group of experts is putting pressure on the Scottish Government to take urgent action to make Scotland more multilingual. Figures show that the number of school pupils taking modern ...

The study, published in the journal Nature Aging, found that “speaking two, three or more additional languages” in addition to your mother tongue was “associated with a consistently protective effect ...

Forget brain training games or playing Sudoku, the best way to keep your brain sharp is by learning a new language. Bilingual people are able to process information more efficiently than those who ...

the Scottish Government's decision to introduce the study of two foreign languages into our primary schools is laudable but hoping that this alone may eventually result in an improved secondary ...