A new lawsuit is boldly going where no man has gone before. Paramount Pictures and CBS are suing the producers of a Star Trek fan film for copyright infringement. The studios own the copyright to the Star Trek franchise, including six television shows and 12 movies. They're suing Axanar Productions along with executive producer Alec Peters over their 2014 short film Prelude to Axanar, and the planned full-length Axanar.

In the eastern part of the state, a dialect like no other quietly endures. But for how long?

The ancient Etruscan civilization, whose great cities dotted the west coast of Italy between 2800 and 2400 years ago, was in many ways the model for ancient Greece and Rome. Etruscans lived in city states with sumptuous palaces, beautiful art, and a complicated social structure. But we know almost nothing about their daily lives, in part because most of their writing was recorded on perishable objects like cloth or wax tablets.

Rob Brydon reveals popular Shakespeare phrases in everyday use

Are we pronouncing the names of brands we use everyday correctly Swedish brand Ikea should actually be referred to as: 'ih-key-yah'. This cheat sheet will help you get it right.

When faced with a puzzle that two can solve better than one, bottlenose dolphins chatter away, suggesting that they have a specific vocalisation for working together. By Robin Wylie.

The story of the first roman fonts, from Sweynheym & Pannartz to Aldus Manutius. By John Boardley.

To understand our histories we have to narrate our catastrophes. By Aleksandar Hemon.

The ongoing lawsuit between Paramount Pictures, CBS Studios and the crowdfunded Star Trek spin-off "Prelude to Axanar" is raising some interesting copyright questions. The spin-off makers argue that several of the Star Trek related elements they use are not copyrightable, but the movie studios clearly disagree.

Prague, April 12 (CTK) - The Czech Republic should also use the official name Czechia and this shortened version should be added to the United Nations Geographical Names database that contains the official names of countries and cities in six languages, Foreign Minister Lubomir Zaoralek said yesterday. Zaoralek told journalists that he believes Czech top constitutional officials would support the change at their meeting scheduled for Thursday. Provided that the foreign minister, the defence...

When you picture a “grammar nazi”, what does that person look like? Are they old or young? Male or female? Professorial or blue-collar? A new study suggests they could be any of those things. In an experiment involving 80 Americans from a range of backgrounds, linguists Julie Boland and Robin Queen found no significant links between a judgmental attitude towards “typos” and “grammos” and gender, age or level of education.

If SETI researchers ever do find intelligent life on other planets, how will they know what to say?

MIT biological engineers have created a programming language that allows them to rapidly design complex, DNA-encoded circuits that give new functions to living cells.

A new study shows that douchebags who know more profanities tend to have better vocabularies overall.

From trade routes to paychecks and even male anatomy, it turns out the spice rack is much more interesting than you may think, etymologically speaking.

The linguist discusses how technology shapes culture and culture shapes words. By Ryan Bradley.

The future is one of multiple Englishes. By Simon Horobin. (Nov. 10)

The artist eL Seed used more than 50 buildings as his canvas to celebrate the Egyptian capital’s trash collectors, who are largely viewed as second-class citizens. By Kareem Fahim.

This could change our understanding of the mysterious Etruscan civilization in Italy. By Annalee Newitz.

Why Citations Still Matter in the Age of Google. By Kathleen Fitzpatrick.