A study published in science journal PLOS One in May suggested that a speech pattern called vocal fry undermines the success of people, especially young women, in the labor market. Vocal fry involves ...

You're probably familiar with upspeak? Like when someone's voice goes up at the end of a sentence, even though they're not asking a question? You're likely aware of vocal fry, too — that phenomenon ...

In a recent article in the scientific journal PLOS ONE, researchers at Duke University concluded that a speech characteristic known as “vocal fry” may be harmful to people’s career prospects, with ...

If you're job-seeking woman with a creaky, low-pitch voice, you may have some trouble securing a gig, according to a new study. The study, published in the journal PLOS ONE, found that women who speak ...

You may have heard of the hot new linguistic fad that's creeping into U.S. speech and undermining your job chances. Or maybe you know it as the debilitating speaking disorder afflicting North American ...

That data also indicates men may have employed vocal fry more than women in the recent past. To fill in some of these research gaps, researchers in Australia recently conducted some much-needed, ...

Our English language is a living language; a dead language is one that is no longer in everyday use, such as Latin. A living language changes; a dead language never changes. Now, in the 21st century, ...

In a recent television interview, Boston Red Sox outfielder Shane Victorino said “y’know” 72 times in three minutes. In a way, it was refreshing to hear that long-infuriating verbal crutch resurrected ...

When noted feminist Naomi Wolf has something to say, I generally find myself head bobbing, fist pumping, and performing other embarrassing forms of agreement. Wolf's open letter about vocal fry, ...

Science is always churning out weird, funny and fascinating findings. What did we miss this week? NPR's Rachel Martin checks in with science writer Rose Eveleth. This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News.

A very tense mannequin modeling Spanx. Photo by Skip Bolen/Getty Images for Spanx In the Huffington Post recently, theater enthusiast and educator Jen Olenizcak—under the headline "Are Spanx Causing ...