Science Diction is a bite-sized podcast about words ... They were called emoji—a word that originally meant “pictograph” or “icon” in general, for a button like “save” or “quit.” The first set of ...

Editor’s Note: Nicole Alexander Fisher is a freelance writer based in Philadelphia with a BA in English and journalism. She previously worked on the campaign for Gov.-elect Phil Murphy, D-New ...

Hypothesis. Theory. Law. These scientific words get bandied about regularly, yet the general public usually gets their meaning wrong. Now, one scientist is arguing that people should do away with ...

Editor’s Note: Nicole Alexander Fisher is a freelance writer based in Philadelphia with a BA in English and journalism. She previously worked on the campaign for Gov.-elect Phil Murphy, D-New ...