Science fiction is replete with devices that automatically translate the languages of aliens for us. Some do it almost instantaneously, apparently learning on the fly; we can reasonably infer that ...

Nationality seems to make no difference at all. “Ga-ga-GAAK, ga-ga-GAAK” means the same thing to a Russian Orloff rooster, an Italian Leghorn, a Cornish cock or a New Hampshire Red. At the sound of ...