It’s not often you see a sci-fi blockbuster centered on linguistics. Thankfully, “Arrival” is fairly accurate in its portrayal of the field, according to professor Jessica Coon, who consulted on the ...

In the 2016 science fiction movie Arrival, a linguist is faced with the daunting task of deciphering an alien language consisting of palindromic phrases, which read the same backwards as they do ...

“I have no clue if there are aliens out there,” concedes Douglas Vakoch, director of METI International, an organization committed to contacting extraterrestrial intelligence. But he is certain that ...

In the 2016 science fiction movie Arrival, a linguist is faced with the daunting task of deciphering an alien language consisting of palindromic phrases, which read the same backwards as they do ...

Very few people get to invent a new language that is heard by millions: DW talked to linguist Paul Frommer about how he ...

In science fiction, the question of how humans are able to communicate with creatures from different planets is often glossed over or magicked away: The TARDIS translates for the Doctor and his ...

Spoilers follow for Alien: Earth. One of the most controversial – or thrilling, depending on how you look at it – aspects of FX and Hulu’s Alien: Earth is that, for the first time on film, at least… ...