I once stood at what might be described as the busiest pedestrian intersection in the world. Each day in Shibuya, Japan, more than a quarter of a million people walk through this intersection, moving ...

As of 2025, the world is home to more than 7,000 spoken languages, reflecting the incredible diversity of human culture and communication. Yet despite this vast number, only a small fraction of these ...

Functions are the building blocks of Python programming. They let you organize your code, reduce repetition, and make your programs more readable and reusable. Whether you’re writing small scripts or ...

“Many a truth is spoken in anger” is a proverb, familiar to a lot of us who grew up in American culture. It suggests that people often reveal genuine, perhaps hidden truths when they are angry and ...

In the weeks leading up to this 5,000th broadcast, we received more than 1,000 inspirational stories and experiences from viewers and listeners around the world. If there was one consistent theme ...

SALT LAKE CITY — "Music & the Spoken Word" has been providing peace and comfort to millions of people around the world for almost a century, and on Sunday, the program will celebrate its 5,000th ...

India's EdTech sector just made history. The Spoken Tutorial pedagogy developed by IIT Bombay has officially been recognised as a global IEEE standard -- a first for the country. Titled IEEE P2955, ...

Abstract: This paper addresses the different aspects about IIT Bombay's Spoken Tutorials initiative to transform Indian education and its resounding success in training students in different aspects, ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — The U.S. Census is a fascinating read. It details all kinds of things that make the U.S. the U.S., including what languages are spoken most often, other than English. New data says ...

English might be the official language of the United States, but in multicultural Philadelphia it is hardly the only one spoken. In a city where 15.7% of the population is foreign-born, a reader asked ...