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A woman sits on a bed using her phone with another woman in the hallway doing the same

The lost art of listening

Science & Technology

In a world full of noise, is anyone being heard?

The lost art of listening
A humpback whale surfacing from the water surrounded by seagulls

If you could talk to the animals

The World in Words
If you could talk to the animals
Communication

Alan Alda's secret to better communication? Have a little more empathy.

Science
Alan Alda's secret to better communication? Have a little more empathy.
Dog giving "puppy eyes"

Do dogs understand what we're saying to them?

Science
Do dogs understand what we're saying to them?
Yangon street scene

Leapfrogging with smartphones, Myanmar joins the world

Global Politics
Leapfrogging with smartphones, Myanmar joins the world
The World

We tried saying this tongue twister — and we dare you to do better

Health & Medicine

Why is saying something like "The Sheik's Sixth Sheep's Sick" so darn hard to say? A psycho-linguist wants to know, so she can help people with speaking disorders.

We tried saying this tongue twister — and we dare you to do better