The Greek alphabet, traditionally believed to have emerged in the eighth century BC, is now undergoing reevaluation thanks to groundbreaking research at Leiden University. The writing system is ...

In 1947, the Swiss zoologist Rudolf Schenkel published a paper titled “Expression Studies on Wolves.” Based on an eight-year ...

G’s that look like I’s, F’s that sound like “Waw,” and Q’s that look like monkeys — man, was our alphabet a mess. That’s because many of our letters began as Egyptian hieroglyph symbols 4,000 years ...

Several social media posts have questioned the convention adopted by the World Health Organization (WHO) for naming new COVID-19 variants and speculated over whether it avoided letters of the Greek ...