The length of a sentence isn’t what makes it hard to understand— it’s how long you have to wait for a phrase to be completed. When you’re reading a sentence, you don’t understand it word by word, but ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Natalie Wexler is an education writer focusing on literacy. When students can’t understand what they’re reading, it may be because ...

The state Superior Court has upheld the 84- to 169-year jail sentence for Reading rapist Henry M. Zabala-Zorilla, 38, convicted of raping and torturing two women during drug binges at his North 10th ...

Have you ever noticed yourself speeding up and getting better at repetitive tasks over time? Researchers from the Faculty of Arts at Charles University have unveiled insights into why this happens ...

Este artículo está disponible en español. Léelo en español. At Frank Sparkes Elementary, words fly everywhere. On a recent Monday, kindergartners sang and danced as they learned about the silent e ...

Look around. Bad sentences are everywhere. As The Post’s new nonfiction critic, I encounter them every day. Sometimes they persuade me to stop reading. Sometimes I just stare at the words, die a ...

In the past, "mind reading" systems have been able to guess what single-digit number a person might be thinking of, but deeper thoughts have been beyond the technology's reach. Now, a team from ...

The Brazilian government announced a new program whereby prisoners can reduce their sentences by up to 48 days per year through reading books, but the effect that this will have on inmate ...