The alphabet song won't help you in the case of this viral riddle Social media’s newest brain game has a ton of people stumped. So stumped, in fact, that the riddle has gone viral. People are ...

What we now know as the modern English alphabet first appeared thousands of years ago, a new research project into its origin and spread has found. It was used more than 3,000 years ago in the ancient ...

Writing shaped our world and the rise of human knowledge, from the trading of goods to tales of ancient goddesses and kings. Follow the evolution of the written word, from 4,000-year-old carvings in ...