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At Lunar New Year, certain foods are particularly lucky to eat. Why? Because in Chinese, their...
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Lipreading has been in the news this month, thanks to gossip-stoking mouth movements at the...
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We’re returning to the theme of renaming, for two food-related renamings: the first one that...
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The word 'misophonia' describes a condition that statistically, 20 per cent of you have: an...
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All aboard, we're off to the 2023 Apple Festival at the University of British Columbia, to taste...
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When Spanish missionaries arrived in what is now called Florida, there were 100,000-200,000...
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Lexicographer, author and Dictionary Corner resident Susie Dent has been studying words to make...
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There's an abiding myth that the landmark dictionaries are the work of one man, in a dusty...
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Sterling Martin was in grad school, studying C. elegans worms, when COVID19 hit and suddenly he...
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Have you ever wondered why the planets in our solar system are all named after Roman deities,...
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Tranquillusionist: Gay Animals
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“The starting point is, and the research questions are all framed by: 'We know it's terrible to...
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It should just be an accurate descriptor of my body, but the word 'fat' has shaped so much more...
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Oh, you thought the Eurovision Song Contest was about songs? Or a fun international TV event that...
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