One is the loneliest number that you’ll ever do, especially if you don’t even have a word for it. That’s the situation of the Pirahã people, denizens of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest who have no term for ...

Of course, it's impossible to provide an exact number of words in English, since new words are being added to the dictionary, and falling out of use, pretty much constantly. But what's an approximate ...

IMAGINE a world without numbers. Time and space would lose their meaning: telling time and counting the passing days, months and years would become impossible. Our ability to use numbers is essential ...

Writing a check correctly can be intimidating, especially if you’re out of practice — or never learned. The less you use your checkbook, the more confusing it can be — especially when it comes to ...

Millions of businesses use Microsoft Word to create documents for a wide range of tasks. Documents that business users create in Word range from simple memos to complex legal or technical documents ...

Puzzles may do more than entertain us. Source: Ben_Kerckx/Pixabay, used with permission. It may seem like a no-brainer, but the effects of brain training—using tools like word and number games to ...