It has been long thought that one of the characteristics that makes humans unique is our ability to learn and manipulate symbols for communication. However, this notion is starting to slowly unravel.

Can you find the gem hidden in this story? Once upon a time, when the English had colonized India, they wanted to set up a golf course in Calcutta. Besides the fact that the English shouldn't have ...

From paintings and photographs to coins and credit cards, we are constantly surrounded by symbolic artifacts. The mental representation of symbols -- objects that arbitrarily represent other objects - ...