Using an illuminating coincidence of names (the poet James Merrill and crossword constructor Patrick Merrell) as indicative of a fundamental experience of language—arbitrariness within a communicative code—I reconsider how the creative impulses and pleasure derived from the cultural and ...
Receiving the Carol Burnett Awardat the 2020 Golden Globes, Ellen made sure to thank her "husband Mark" for being her rock. "Thank you for supporting me through this crazy journey," she quipped as Portia cracked up in the audience. "I know it wasn't easy for you or the kids. Rupert ...
Using national toy archives and data curated by The Strong from 1920 to today, Stacker searched for products that caught hold of the public zeitgeist through novelty, innovation, kitsch, quirk, or simply great timing, and then rocketed to success. Gallery Credit: Jacob Osborn & Peter Richman 1...
Take the word putz around, for example. While it takes me a few seconds to find the meaning of the verb online, it takes me considerably more time to find it in my paper dictionaries (because even though flipping through the thin pages may feel good, it *is* simply more time-consuming...
Researchers also ran a second experiment for the study, this one designed to see how people's self-reported dependence on their smartphone affected their cognitive ability throughout the day. For this second experiment, researchers gathered 296 smartphone users and once again randomly assigned them ...