On the wall of my dorm room hangs a map. Months after move-in, it refuses to lie flat against the plaster, despite the battalion of Command strips clinging to its laminated corners. The majority of ...

The map shows both large regions and the parts of language that fall within them, but also allow researchers to narrow their focus on a specific area or specific category of word types and see how ...

The interactive map allows users to input their least favorite words based on where they're located. But that's not all it does; it also lets you explore the world by country, examining the top ...

That quote comes to mind looking at these fascinating European etymology maps of various commons words posted by reddit user sp07, which provide a kind of cultural commentary on Europe.

The paper presents a “semantic map” revealing which parts of the brain’s cortex—meaning its outer layer, the one responsible for higher thought—respond to various spoken words.

It’s like Google Maps for your cerebral cortex: A new interactive atlas purports to show which bits of your brain help you understand which types of concepts.