to the New York Times’ Carl Zimmer. Now that they have the sperm whale phonetic alphabet, researchers can proceed with figuring out how its different components fit together—and, possibly ...

The police started using a phonetic alphabet where the first ... Sam Tom Union Victor William Xray Yellow Zebra The New York City PD alphabet used a few different names: Charlie Peter Young.

Scratched on the wall of a mine is the very first attempt at something we use every day: the alphabet. The evidence, which continues to be examined and reinterpreted 116 years after its discovery ...