Scientists are still learning about how we gain the ability to read and write. One team of researchers has turned to an unusual group of people to study the mechanisms behind various learning ...

Vladimir Nabokov first noticed, at age 7, his special gift of synesthesia when playing with colorful alphabet blocks that "were all the wrong color." Source: Contributor: Neil Overy/Alamy Stock Photo.

Through the early history of computing, information flowed in through digital text and out through digital text. Artificial intelligence was thought by many to be science fiction or imagination. Now, ...