Words matter—but your hands might matter more, according to a new UBC study which found that purposeful hand gestures can make speakers appear more competent and persuasive.

Japan's Deaflympic men's national football team members perform the Japanese national anthem in sign language ahead of a friendly match on Oct. 11, 2025. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- With use of hearing ...

Saturn, the planet of karma, is transiting into Pisces, offering cosmic guidance to all zodiac signs. This transit emphasizes learning from mistakes, introspection, and continuous growth. Each sign ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson and Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez on Saturday handed out hundreds of "ICE Free Zone" signs at the 25th Ward office. The move comes days after Johnson signed the "ICE Free Zone" ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — Chicago city leaders gathered in Pilsen on Saturday to distribute “ICE-free zone” signs to local businesses that want to signal support for immigrant communities and push back against ...

The Los Angeles Chargers today placed defensive lineman Da'ShawnHand on Reserve/Injured. The team also signed tackle Bobby Hart to the active roster from the practice squad and elevated running back ...

Scott Mitchell is known for designing homes for the 1%, serving high-profile clients like Jeffrey Katzenberg and Tom Brady. Inspired by the profits that some of his homes command when they sell, ...

A linguistic anthropologist says the hand positions carved on a 1,300-year-old Maya stone altar encode calendar dates through sign language. Credit: Adalberto Hernandez Vega – CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia ...

President Donald Trump showed signs of a cognitive decline today at Windsor Castle as First Lady Melania Trump guided him by his hand to meet British Royals. Arnold Schwarzenegger shares honest ...

By comparing the 16 hand signs to the hieroglyphs, he noted two crucial features: that two distinct hand signs look like known hieroglyph variants of the number zero, and that their patterns of ...

Abstract: This study investigates the potential of impedimetric measurements providing deep muscle information for recognizing 36 American Sign Language (ASL) hand signs. Two measurement methods are ...