The cracker does create a terrific noise, but the printed word, in 999,999 cases out of a million, makes about as much noise as a fat goldfish in a glass bowl. There are exceptions, of course. Several ...

Although it's clear that we shouldn't believe everything that's written on the internet, people do tend to put more trust in written words than in spoken ones—even if the source of a piece of writing ...

Jeff Nesbit was the director of public affairs for two prominent federal science agencies. This article was adapted from one that first appeared in U.S. News & World Report. Nesbit contributed the ...

The aim of this study was to elucidate how the primary communication background of prelingual deafened readers affects the way they mediate the recognition of written words. A computer-controlled ...

Reading is a vital portal to knowledge. Unique to humans, this evolutionarily recent invention intertwines language and vision in such a new way that years of education are needed to become fluent.

The printed word faces competition from rapidly evolving technology and that makes reading an accomplishment by all standards. It has undergone numerous reincarnations in style while taking on TV news ...

Word Lens translates printed words in real time on your iPhone. Can our jet packs be far behind? Developed by Quest Visual, Word Lens is an augmented-reality translation app that uses your phone's ...