Humans and all creatures communicate in a variety of ways. We use language, we use body language, we use intonation and attitude. We use silence. We use music. A subtler way we communicate is through ...

If you've ever talked about drag, camp, butches, and/or trade, you know at least some words from Polari, a secret gay language adopted by gay men in the United Kingdom between the 1920s and the 1960s.

Airplane passengers were blown away after learning that those ubiquitous "dings" on an airplane are actually a code crew members use to communicate with each other, among other things. It’s ...

In an age of restriction and secrecy where LGBTQ+ people lived in fear, the community devised a clever system that, for the sake of this piece, I have deemed the Lavender Line. It wasn’t a physical ...

The Na'vi language was created for the Oscar-nominated movie. March 5, 2010— -- Trekkies have Klingon, "Lord of the Rings" watchers have Elvish and now "Avatar" fans have their language, Na'vi.

Believe it or not, babies have a secret language, and they are trying to talk to you. Learn how to crack the code and discover a whole new relationship with your baby. The newborn stage is a ...

Have you ever noticed that handshakes speak their own secret language? If you pay attention you’ll hear them whisper, yell, fret, or fawn. And handshakes of the rich and famous; they’re amplified. I’m ...

Anyone in a relationship or around one long enough soon realizes there are times couples speak their own secret language. Sometimes it's a private vocabulary that makes no sense to eavesdroppers but ...

If you’ve ever stared at your boarding pass and wondered why Los Angeles insists on being LAX or what mysterious organization ...

Are there hidden messages in your emails? Yes, and in everything you write or say, according to James Pennebaker, chair of the department of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. Pennebaker ...

Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from ...