Today's Spangram answer on Today’s NYT ‘Strands’ Hints, Spangram and Answers for Monday, December 15, 2025, is COLORTV.

In the midst of the AI revolution, Perch, a model developed by the Google DeepMind team, helps conservationists analyse audio ...

Abstract: Considering the power-hungry nature of speech processing, a keyword spotting (KWS) unit, used to detect multiple spoken words, is often integrated as a front-end layer. KWS systems are ...

Is language core to thought, or a separate process? For 15 years, the neuroscientist Ev Fedorenko has gathered evidence of a ...

David Brito is a postdoctoral researcher at the ABC CoLAB – Ageing Better and Algarve Biomedical Center Research Institute (ABC-RI) and, an invited assistant professor at the Faculty of Medicine and ...

Greek artist Nikos Floros created a breathtaking, three-meter tall sculpture of gold and bronze from Maria Callas’ voice echogram. Credit: Wikimedia Commons Public Domain A monumental sculpture of ...

Microsoft pushes often for accessibility and inclusiveness, which I love. But recently, it bungled a change in the web-based version of Outlook while pursuing this goal. The first method is fastest, ...

As an avid reader – and an author, too – I’m disheartened by frequent reports of a decline in reading for pleasure among young people. So when a friend recently asked me whether her daughter was ...

Americans are reading for pleasure less. Let’s get back in the habit. By Jancee Dunn The staff at my local library are usually a convivial bunch, but when I asked them about a recent report that fewer ...

When was the last time you curled up with a good book or flipped through the pages of a magazine? If it’s been a while, you’re not alone: The number of Americans who read for fun has plummeted over ...

You’re at a bar and strike up a conversation with a cute guy. You have so much in common: You were both competitive college athletes, have the same taste in TV and movies, want to try a local hike you ...