Over the decades, archaeologists have turned up a great many artifacts from the Indus civilization, including stamp sealings, amulets and small tablets. Robert Harding / Photo Library The Indus ...

Farmers plan a protest in Bathinda, demanding the release of two activists and the cancellation of FIRs. Police have increased security, detaining some farmers to prevent their entry. The activists ...

In the 2016 science fiction movie Arrival, a linguist is faced with the daunting task of deciphering an alien language consisting of palindromic phrases, which read the same backwards as they do ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems, like ChatGTP, have taken the world by storm. Thre isn’t much they don’t have a hand in, from recommending the next binge-worthy TV show to helping navigate ...

Here’s a fascinating essay/interview about language translation this morning from Bill Softky, chief algorithmist at an Internet advertising startup. The interview is with Google’s Franz Och. Among ...