Definitions of "life" are a dime a dozen. In a paper published back in 2011, University of Haifa biophysicist Edward Trifonov documented 123 of them. But which one is best? Trifonov decided to seek ...

The English word "trumpery," which derives from a French word meaning "to deceive," is defined in the dictionary as "showy but worthless." It is now common knowledge (hat tip to the Internet) that ...

Recently, an international commission proposed a revised definition of obesity that focuses on how excess body fat affects the body, and factors in waist circumference, rather than simply calculating ...

In 1969, the Board of Regents adopted the last current definition of “university” in the Commissioner’s Regulations: “University means a higher educational institution offering a range of registered ...

The crisis across America’s campuses is causing some controversy over the current definition of antisemitism, as written by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. It’s a definition which ...

You have /3 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. The humanities study the things humans make. That definition is better—more accurate and more ...

• The White House blog post cited in the Instagram post is not only accurate about what the official definition of a recession is, but it’s also citing the longstanding definition, not something the ...