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A red bus is parked under a digital street sign that reads “via downtown” and two smaller street signs, each written in a different language.
interview / Mindsets

What Klingon and Other Constructed Languages Reveal

Bob Holmes
Meet Christine Schreyer, a linguistic anthropologist who created the Kryptonian language for a Superman movie and researches the people who invent new tongues and seek to sustain ancient ones.
Using a remote-sensing tool called lidar, archaeologists can see what lies hidden underneath dense vegetation. This lidar image reveals the grand plaza of the Maya city of Tikal in present-day Guatemala.
interview / Phenomenon

Archaeology of the 99 Percent

Bob Holmes
The vast majority of people in antiquity were too poor to leave many artifacts behind. But archaeologists have learned how to look beyond temples and palaces.