Linguists can mix, match or even break the rules of real-world languages to create interesting imaginary ones.

Project CETI, you may recall, is the same group that recently released footage showing adult sperm whales collaborating as ...

Milly Alcock shares 'Supergirl' footage at CinemaCon. She learned five alien languages and trained for an hour every da.

Fans of the Alien and Predator franchises have a lot to look forward to in 2025. Not only are we getting two new Predator films from Prey director Dan Trachtenberg with the live-action Predator: ...

The synonym for bittersweet that best describes the ending of Project Hail Mary hasn’t been invented yet. Or maybe it’s in an alien language that can’t be properly translated. Here are the key ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X “I’ve always been fascinated with things that cannot be explained,” Spielberg revealed in a 2026 ...

How would we recognize a message from an alien civilization if we cannot understand its language? By combining information theory, Zipf’s Law, and studies of human and dolphin communication, ...

Steven Spielberg may be one of genre filmmaking’s all-time greats, but in recent years, he’s focused on period pieces like Lincoln, The Fabelmans, and his lavish adaptation of West Side Story, with ...

How large is a large language model? Think about it this way. In the center of San Francisco there’s a hill called Twin Peaks from which you can view nearly the entire city. Picture all of it—every ...