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If an alien spaceship were to land on Earth right now, it would be the most significant event to happen in any of our lifetimes. While scientists have

Photo: LucasFilm Science fiction is often applauded for its ability to predict future technologies. These tools might be for the better (the smart wat

Second to Christmas, Halloween is one of the most anticipated holidays in many countries around the world. But where did it originate? What are its ti

The Babbel language learning app finished out 2020 with a bang, and for once this year, the news was good: we reached 10 million subscribers!  De

Words, like any living things, are born and can die. Well, “die” might not be the most apt term, but words definitely fall out of use give

Imagine waking up and going to work in pitch darkness. Just before lunchtime, the sun is rising, only to set again some time after your lunch break. Y

Subscribe to Multilinguish on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher or wherever you listen. Most of us take it for granted that we can talk,

There’s nothing like learning the names we give our family members to completely upend your expectations for how language is supposed to work. I

If you live in the United States and you didn’t know what a coup was before January 6, 2021, you’ve no doubt heard this word floated more

A few years ago, on the eve of a trip from Berlin to Bavaria to meet my boyfriend’s four grandparents, father, father’s wife, and several step-sibling

Canadian English seems neither here nor there in the grand scheme of English varieties. On the one hand, Canadians prefer the “British” spelling of wo

What goes up must come down, and what starts with “hello” must eventually end with “goodbye” — or at least a “see you la

Why is a car masculine but a house feminine? There are some questions we’ll never really know the answer to. When you first start learning Spani

Language is kind of a huge deal. Without it, there wouldn’t be, well, language. Or anything that depends on language, like literature, documente

There comes a time in every language learner’s journey when it becomes necessary to learn a quick apology or two. Usually, this time comes prett