Listen carefully to a spoken conversation and you’ll notice that the speakers use a lot of little quasi-words—mm-hmm, um, huh? and the like—that don’t convey any information about the ...

“But if you do something like, ‘Uh-huh,’ I’m going to assume you aren’t interested ... “To me, it’s almost like the uncanny valley,” says Wiltschko. “It’s close, but it’s not quite close enough.” The ...

A quick huh? or what? from the listener, on the other hand, can signal a failure of communication that the speaker needs to repair. That need seems to be universal: In a survey of 31 languages ...

Sometimes it can be difficult to understand what someone means in a phone message. And when you throw emoji into the mix, things get even more complicated. A " " or " ️" are easy to ...

Then-BIFF chairman Lee Yong-kwan appointed a close associate, Cho Jongkook, as Managing Director alongside Artistic Director Huh Moonyung, a decision that proved highly unpopular with some sectors ...

Cinema legend Robert De Niro stars in ‘Zero Day,’ a new Netflix series that’s prophetic as it’s gripping when a massive computer disruption leads to nationwide chaos That’s the timely as ...

I believe one of his final comments was — he turned to someone and said, that’ll make great television, huh? The significance of that comment is immense. He sees so much of this as a spectacle.

According to a survey conducted by Intuit Credit Karma, 80% of Americans have seen a noticeable increase in the price of groceries in the last few years, especially after the pandemic. No matter ...

He also sensed that frontline acquisitions Chicho Arango and Josef Martínez would work well together, continuing a trait of Arena's in which he has an uncanny knack of determining players who ...

In the BBC Two version of Uncanny, writer and broadcaster Danny Robins brings his hit paranormal podcast to the screen, investigating real-life stories of supernatural encounters – from ghostly ...

Danny Robins meets a mother and daughter who believe they were haunted by a sinister figure intent on hurting them. But were the events truly supernatural? In the final case of the series, Danny ...