Teachers are banning the slang “67” — and disciplining students who breach the rule. “I’ve been teaching for 20 years and I’ve dealt with all sorts of slang — nothing has driven me crazier than this ...

Etymology Nerd, aka Adam Aleksic, unpacks where teen slang comes from — and why it evolves too fast for adults to keep up.

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The key to diffusing the tension is to speak up and acknowledge what just happened, so it’s no longer the elephant in the ...

To explore the questions of what time is and how we measure it, host Dr Alfredo Carpineti is joined by Dr Emily Akkermans, ...

A classic riddle about a hotel bill uses misleading math to create a paradox. This type of intentional misdirection is a ...

A choir teacher was exasperated with hearing slang like “67” in her middle school classroom. Rather than ban it, she asked her students to write and perform a song about it.