Many languages recycle words, giving them different meanings. For example, in English, "run" can mean to move quickly but ...

A name appears on the teaching schedule. The person is not a stranger. They have sung in worship, served on committees, brought food to grieving families, asked good questions in Bible study and ...

Archaeologists working at the ancient city of Hippos are accustomed to unearthing traces of weapons and projectiles. Located in what’s now the Golan Heights, the city overlooking the Sea of Galilee ...

This fall, Bethel University is introducing a new residential option designed to help students grow intentionally and directly connect what they’re learning in the classroom to who they’re becoming.

Imagine Max, a well-trained border collie, manages to ignore a squirrel in the park when his owner tells him to sit. His owner says, “Max, stop chasing that squirrel and sit down,” and Max obeys. Can ...

Children with developmental language disorder (DLD) can be difficult to diagnose, despite the condition being more prevalent than autism spectrum disorder, representing roughly 7.5% of 5-year-olds in ...

The study involved pups like Miso, a 6-year-old male border collie from Canada who knows the names of about 200 toys. Veronica Suen Eavesdropping on their owners seems to help some highly gifted dogs ...

Dog owners are going to love the latest scientific poop on pooches: yes, your pup may be listening even when you aren't directly addressing them. The new study, published in the Jan. 8 issue of the ...

"Under the right conditions, some dogs present behaviors strikingly similar to those of young children," lead scientist, Dr. Shany Dror, said Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at PEOPLE ...

Most dog owners are aware that their pooch is smart enough to know a few choice phrases—“walkies,” for instance, or, perhaps more likely, “time for dinner.” Some particularly intelligent canines can ...

If you've ever had to spell out words like W-A-L-K or T-R-E-A-T around a dog, you know that some dogs listen in to humans' chitchat and can pick out certain key words. Well, it turns out that some ...

Gifted word learner dogs seem capable of eavesdropping about as well as 18-month-old toddlers, the study researchers say. Reading time 4 minutes Dogs might have more tricks up their furry sleeves than ...