'Project Hail Mary' Sound Design - Vocals for Rocky's Language

Sound designers Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn tell IndieWire about reverse-engineering and performing a non-human ...
Ars Technica

Whale songs have features of language, but whales may not be speaking

Whales use complex communication systems we still don’t understand, a trope exploited in sci-fi shows like Apple TV’s Extrapolations. That show featured a humpback whale (voiced by Meryl Streep) ...
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A 65-year-old linguistics framework challenged by modern research

In a re-evaluation of Hockett's foundational features that have long dominated linguistic theory—concepts like "arbitrariness," "duality of patterning," and "displacement"—an international team of ...
The Verge

Apple’s new design language is Liquid Glass

Liquid Glass is coming to iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS Tahoe 26, and more. Liquid Glass is coming to iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS Tahoe 26, and more. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been ...
Monocle

Three new branding projects raising the bar for graphic design

Having a strong graphic identity and clear visual language matters for everyone from small design brands and independent restaurants, to whole neighbourhoods. Here are three new, standout projects ...
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65-year-old framework challenged by modern research

In a re-evaluation of Hockett’s foundational features that have long dominated linguistic theory—concepts like ‘arbitrariness’, ‘duality of patterning’, and ‘displacement’—an international team of ...