A single abdominal CT scan can deliver a blast of radiation equal to 90 chest X-rays. I did not know that when I had one ...

A 7-year-old’s homework assignment using the word “down" in a sentence is trending up after it was posted on social media.

A former Amazon employee who taught a business writing course to thousands of fellow employees shares her tips for better ...

Penn State basketball's buoyant big forward on the 2001 Sweet 16 team derailed his life by selling cocaine in Florida. He was sentenced to more than 16 years in federal prison and served 10. Released ...

All the fuss about AI and the em dash offers an opportunity to rethink the overuse of this most beloved but mostly ...

We're using semicolons less and less; the apostrophe still stumps most of us. Meanwhile, @, #, :, ) have new meanings and are performing new roles. Take a look.

Henry W. Fowler believed he knew how sentences should read—and his judgments have shaped The New Yorker’s style for a century ...

Semicolon use by Americans has dropped by 51% since the early 2000s to once every 378 words; younger Americans say they still value it.

A key aspect of your immune system is to distinguish “self” from “nonself ” so it can destroy and remove foreign materials from your body. While this immune reaction protects you from viruses, it also ...