The long-held idea that language learning is better before adulthood is up for debate. Adults have a number of advantages when it comes to learning a second language, and it comes with major benefits.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Many of us wish we could learn another language. It seems young kids have no problem picking up a second or third language but for adults, that changes. At the Star of the North ...

Speaking multiple languages could slow down brain ageing and help to prevent cognitive decline, a study of more than 80,000 people has found. The work, published in Nature Aging on 10 November 1, ...

It can come as a surprise to many people in the U.K. and U.S. that speaking more than one language is the norm rather than the exception. In prehistoric times, most people belonged to small linguistic ...

Lauren: Learning a new language seems like a big challenge in the beginning, and that’s because it is. Many of us started our language learning in the classroom, where we’re taught through ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. In recent weeks, Apple’s Live Translation for the latest iPhone and AirPods models has been everywhere. The pitch ...

There are students in Wisconsin learning Hebrew, Ho-Chunk, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Menominee and Ojibwe. But in analyzing the teaching in Wisconsin of what's come to be known as world languages, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. In today’s column, I examine an intriguing speculation that ...

The majority of baby boomers love to learn new things, but they think they’re too old to actually do so, according to new research. The survey of 2,000 Americans, split evenly by generation, revealed ...

Apart from the northward advance of killer bees in the 1980s, nothing has struck as much fear into the hearts of headline writers as the ascent of artificial intelligence. Ever since the computer Deep ...