When listening to a well-practiced speaker, like during a lecture, a political event or during a favorite public radio show, you may notice they use pauses for dramatic effect. This type of nuance in ...

In The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams introduces us to the Babel fish. His narrator describes it as "probably the oddest thing in the universe." When you stick one in your ear, you ...

Did you know that fish can talk? Well, sort of, anyway. To be more specific, some fish make sounds that, according to a new study published in Ichthyology and Herpetology, are used in patterns that ...