When states in 2010 introduced the Common Core State Standards, which didn’t include cursive writing, most schools abandoned the flowy form of writing altogether. But cursive has begun making a ...

New research shows early humans created structured ancient symbol systems 40,000 years ago, long before formal writing ...

The ancient cave peoples weren’t as illiterate as portrayed in popular media. Archaeologists have discovered Paleolithic ...

Over the last two decades, 'Me at the zoo' has racked up over 380M views. And now, the unassuming video uploaded by YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim is a literal artwork, having just been snapped up as ...

Thousands of markings on objects made around 40,000 years ago may have been more than just doodles, a new analysis suggests ...

Mysterious signs engraved on objects reveal that a form of proto-writing may have been used in Europe 40,000 years ago, tens of thousands of years before the emergence of a full writing system ...

Ancient carvings once thought decorative may actually be early attempts to record information. Their statistical complexity matches that of proto-cuneiform, pushing the origins of writing-like systems ...

“The artifacts date back to tens of thousands of years before the first writing systems, to the time when Homo sapiens left Africa, settled in Europe, and encountered Neanderthal,” explained Ewa ...

Over 40,000 years ago, our early ancestors were already carving signs into tools and sculptures. According to a new analysis ...

The decline of reading and the rise of social media are again transforming what it feels like to be a thinking person.

Generative AI has created a problem that goes far deeper than cheating. When a tool like ChatGPT can write a coherent essay, solve a multi-step math problem, analyze a historical event, and produce a ...

Objective: We aimed to investigate the relationship between short video addiction tendency and depression in a sample of rural older adults. In addition, we aimed to examine the mediating roles of ...