It has been long thought that one of the characteristics that makes humans unique is our ability to learn and manipulate symbols for communication. However, this notion is starting to slowly unravel.

Math uses its own language of symbols. Some you learned so young you forgot there was ever a time you didn’t know them. Others show up in advanced classes and make you wonder who decided a backwards 3 ...

War in Europe is a staple topic in the study of history, but there’s one major conflict most history books won’t teach you: the battle of the equal sign, =. These two parallel lines were, in fact, the ...