To-day was the 75th. birthday of the Haham Dr. Moses Gaster. Born in Bucharest on September 16th., 1856, Dr. Gaster took his degree at Bucharest University in his 18th. year. He then proceeded to the ...

Dr. Moses Gaster, retired chief rabbi of the Sephardic Community of Britain and a famous scholar, died last night at the age of 82. Born in Rumania, Hacham Gaster was expelled from his native land in ...

Corrections & clarifications: An earlier version of this story contained inaccurate or incomplete facts about the history of language. Language is an essential part of human communication, allowing ...

Lera Boroditsky once did a simple experiment: She asked people to close their eyes and point southeast. A room of distinguished professors in the U.S. pointed in almost every possible direction, ...