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The Linguist Who Caught the Unabomber

For 17 years, the Unabomber was a ghost, but his most powerful weapon—a 35,000-word manifesto—became his undoing. This is the…

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The World’s Smallest Languages: When a Language Has Fewer Than 10 Speakers

What happens when a language's entire world can fit into a single room? We explore the most extreme cases of…

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Your Own Words Will Betray You: How Forensic Linguistics Solves Crimes

Every time you write or speak, you leave behind a unique linguistic fingerprint. Explore the fascinating world of forensic linguistics,…

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