Today, June 16th 2016, is the 200th anniversary of the stormy night in Geneva when Byron told his houseguests they should all try their...

The Babel Trilogy is about consciousness: what is it, and where does it come from, and how is it possible? But that problem is bound up...

No. I was brought up in the Church of England, and I loved (and still love) the language and the music. But when I was 14 I realized...

As detailed in The Fire Seekers, many linguists have thought the Phaistos Disk will never be translated, because it’s a unique artifact –...

I wanted to wish Neil deGrasse Tyson well  on his rebooted COSMOS project, I really did: he’s a good scientist, and he can write well....

The Seattle Times has asked psychics in Seattle and New Orleans to predict the outcome of Saturday’s pre-Superbowl playoff game. One of...