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In some countries, people want more freedom of speech. In others, they feel that there is too much.

Linguists discover 30 sounds that may have allowed communication before words existed.

Think you can hide your feelings pretty easily?

Their ear structures were not that different from ours.

The debate over whether or not there is a place for political correctness in modern society is not always black and white.

A new study looks at why mysterious voices are sometimes taken as spirits and other times as symptoms of mental health issues.

Distancing doesn’t have to mean distant.

The ability to speak up and ask will give these future leaders a much needed boost.

Lack of communication and collaboration are the biggest struggles facing remote workers.

This medieval-themed meme highlights a shady yet all too common rhetorical move people make in arguments.

Never has the bar to entry been so low and the recognized benefits so high.

Don’t worry about grammar rules at first. They’ll only trip you up.

According to a man that knows more than 20 languages, the key is to start in the middle.

There are ways to engage with someone with whom you don’t agree.

Now is the perfect time to take up a new language. Self-motivation and commitment are key to mastering this fun and useful new skill.

Practicing Socratic ignorance, or avoiding certainty of our own knowledge, diminishes inequality and pushes us in our search for wisdom.

You can’t really have an opinion if you don’t know all sides of the argument.

In classical liberalism, justice leaves society better off by providing a chance for a better life.

Learn how to negotiate like a shark. Here are Shark Tank investor Daymond John’s tips for powerful communication.

Researchers at UCSF have trained an algorithm to parse meaning from neural activity.

Taking time for thoughtful consideration has fallen out of fashion, writes Emily Chamlee-Wright. How can we restore good faith and good judgement to our increasingly polarized conversations?

Sometimes, the more understated you are, the more positively you’ll be received.

Disagreements should not equal censorship.

Whether you’re speaking at a wedding or your own TED Talk, here’s how you can make the experience a little less harrowing.

“One way the internet distorts our picture of ourselves is by feeding the human tendency to overestimate our knowledge of how the world works,” writes philosophy professor Michael Patrick Lynch.

When it comes to individual freedom of expression, the power of external authorities must be limited.

A truly diverse society exudes open-mindedness, not just reluctant acceptance of differing viewpoints.

As a moral and political philosophy, classical liberalism lays a framework for the good society.

Is the experience we call “love” felt the same in every language?

Here’s a simple method for finding out whether those shouts are good-natured or not.