The secret physics at the core of every syllable, starting with the first words we speak. Human language is an incredible thing: a combination of mouth sounds that we combine into words, sentences, ...

A, E, I, O, U, and sometimes Y. You might have learned it as a chant, a song, or a simple declaration, but this is how you learned the vowels of English. You may have wondered, why is Y so unsure of ...

Researchers found that the motion and configuration of a speaker's lips are key components of the information people gather when distinguishing vowels in speech. For all talkers, except perhaps the ...

You might’ve heard we’re trying to talk to whales. It sounds crazy, but it’s not so far-fetched, as in recent years we’ve ...

According to the team, changing the human-based perception of timing was crucial to these findings. In humans, vowels are ...

New research reveals sperm whale communication is more complex than thought. Instead of simple clicks, whales use vowel-like ...

The latest discovery is that elements of their vocals function in a way that’s fascinatingly similar to human vowels, making ...