Here's a clunky but unremarkable sentence that appeared in the British press before the last national election: "Britain's recovery from the worst recession in decades is gaining traction, but ...

Some people find it difficult to say that someone has died, so they may turn to metaphors for death instead. These metaphors for dying can help you share that someone has died with softer and gentler ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. In today’s column, I explore a vital topic concerning the ...

Velo-cardio-facial syndrome (VCFS), also known as DiGeorge syndrome or 22q11.21 deletion syndrome, has a prevalence in the United States of approximately 1:2,000. Patients affected by this syndrome ...

Star Trek, the Next Generation star Patrick Stewart in his role as Captain Picard. Sci-fi setting aside, the show's themes often revolve around communications — centering on issues that are similar to ...

There was a time when metaphor was considered primarily an advanced language skill, a tool mainly used by poets and speakers well-trained in rhetoric. Modern linguistic science has overthrown that ...

I’m writing this article after a week of “slumping” stocks, “rattled” investors, and “bumpy roads” for the U.S. economy. Business reporters and their guests like to reach for metaphors that ...

Web searches for the term “soft landing” spiked in August of last year. That’s when U.S. economists changed their forecast for the economy. Instead of calling for a recession as they had been, most ...

Allied health professionals spend a considerable amount of time listening to and communicating with patients while providing care. The inclusion of appropriate communication skills as a part of the ...

The digitization of the planet has brought about profound changes. Now, people of different origins can exchange information thousands of kilometers apart, without moving an inch, at breakneck speed.

If you're a woman in business, a woman in a male-dominated workplace, or simply just, a woman, you've probably heard one or two sports metaphors overused at work. Praetorianphoto / Getty Images ...

What is programming? How would you visualize it? Probably a bit like in the Wachowski sisters' film The Matrix (2000): lines of different codes forming a world, or simply a program. But that's not the ...