The dogs are barking, the woman’s screaming and the man’s swearing … it’s the kind of scene you see in a park and think: I’m glad that has nothing to do with me ...

Tensions can run high during the holidays. Advice columnist Carolyn Hax has some words of wisdom for navigating tense family dynamics and awkward situations. Tensions can run high during the holidays.

Despite the great diversity of human languages, recurring grammatical patterns (termed ‘universals’) have been found. Using the Grambank database of more than 2,000 languages, spatiophylogenetic ...

National songs or anthems are often imposed from above, in which case they tend to exclude the diversity of the masses they purport to represent.