This cosmic question mark, seen in 2024, is courtesy of galaxy cluster MACS-J0417.5-1154, which is so massive that it is ...

The punctuation in Harry Styles ' new album title is important. The Grammy winner released the new single " Aperture " on ...

Walk or drive down any stretch of road and you’re sure to pass a few signs telling you what you can and can’t do. Add in homes, businesses and a few landmarks and you’re practically swimming in ...

Sometimes the best part of wandering without a destination is stumbling across those unexpected gems that make you stop, laugh, and snap a photo. From bizarre shop boards to hilariously honest ...

Here comes another year full of holidays — some of them easy to write, others not so much (as anyone who’s wondered where to put the apostrophe in Presidents Day can attest). So as 2025 winds down, ...

From new friends to dating, asking someone's zodiac sign is a common ice breaker that people ask all the time. A person's zodiac sign, also known as their sun sign, is determined by the position of ...

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Tuesday ruled out allowing U.S. strikes against cartels on Mexican soil, a day after President Trump said he was willing to do whatever it takes to stop drugs ...

It's divisive; it cleaves; it drives some people crazy. The writer Kurt Vonnegut said of the semicolon: It's showy; it's chiefly used to show you've been to college. More than two-thirds of young ...

Editor's note: This segment was rebroadcast on Jan. 2, 2026. Click here for that audio. The semicolon has been described as a "graceful pause" in writing. But this graceful punctuation mark is being ...

The New York Sign Museum in Brooklyn preserves the stories of shuttered local businesses. The neon sign for Queen, the Italian restaurant in Brooklyn Heights, is part of the museum’s collection.Credit ...

Punctuation marks may be small, but they carry a lot of weight—shaping tone, clarifying meaning and even signaling the writer’s personality. I adore the em dash; I tend to be a bit of a drama queen ...