Welcome to this week’s edition of the Surge.

Sign-language technology promises to "make your content available to millions" by using artificial intelligence to translate videos or even audio announcements into sign language.

How do deaf people enjoy concerts? ASL rock stars Amber Galloway and Julian Ortiz are sign language interpreters for live music events like the New York State Fair, Lollapalooza, and the Super Bowl.

The medieval church’s acknowledgement that signs were equivalent to a spoken language was transformative for deaf people.

We Don’t Talk About Bruno," “The Next Right Thing," and “Beyond” will get new ASL-animated versions on Disney+ on April 27.

Humans really do rule the world. We took over fast and far, more than any other wild vertebrates. We inhabit nearly every ...

I’m deaf – so why did it take me 33 years to learn sign language? - COMMENT: The first deaf character in a popular children’s ...

Neuroscientists have uncovered new insights into a key evolutionary question: Why can humans talk when most animals can't?

A new analysis of genetic studies proposes that the cognitive capacity for language was already present at least 135,000 years ago.

As a child, Beverly Running Bear was forbidden to speak the Lakota language. Now she’s teaching it to her community.

By Nicholas ARTHUR-BAIDOO Jnr, Elsie Edinam AVEVOR, Mustapha BELLO, and Francis Kwesku ESSEL A language waiting to be heardIn every corner of Ghana, language lives. It is expressed in various ways and ...

But I hadn’t thought about Jefferson’s breezy assurance for decades when I stumbled recently across a fascinating experiment in how radically the English language has changed over the centuries.