The humble fish, or ichthys (ἰχθύς) in Greek, was a symbol that played a crucial role in the early years of Christian history ...

Science Diction is a bite-sized podcast about words—and the science stories behind them. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, and sign up for our newsletter. An evolutionary biologist blended the ...

The word “symphony” is ultimately from Greek “symphonia,” concord of sounds, harmony, a meld of “syn-,” together (as in synchronize, synthesis) and “phōnẽ,” sound (as in phonetics, telephone). The ...

Alpha, beta, omicron... These three words bring to mind whiffs of hydroalcoholic gel and the feel of a mask on the face. Indeed, the covid variants were named using Greek letters. Yet this alphabet ...

Many well-known European cities trace the roots of their names back to Greece, reflecting their rich histories.

Join us as we try to figure out how our body parts got their names. Body parts would probably have been one of the first things that ancient peoples gave names to, so not only do we find hundreds of ...

There are lots of types of love out there—the way you love your significant other is probably different from how you love your dog, or your brother…or, ya know ...