It was the kind of problem every company dreams of. California's explosive growth had turned the Los Angeles Times into a money machine, and its owner, Times Mirror Co., was drowning in cash. The ...

The aim of this study was to elucidate how the primary communication background of prelingual deafened readers affects the way they mediate the recognition of written words. A computer-controlled ...

Reading is a vital portal to knowledge. Unique to humans, this evolutionarily recent invention intertwines language and vision in such a new way that years of education are needed to become fluent.

Jeff Nesbit was the director of public affairs for two prominent federal science agencies. This article was adapted from one that first appeared in U.S. News & World Report. Nesbit contributed the ...

The printed word faces competition from rapidly evolving technology and that makes reading an accomplishment by all standards. It has undergone numerous reincarnations in style while taking on TV news ...

Word Lens translates printed words in real time on your iPhone. Can our jet packs be far behind? Developed by Quest Visual, Word Lens is an augmented-reality translation app that uses your phone's ...