Researchers foresee linguistic issues during space travel
Monday, July 6, 2020 - 15:10
in Paleontology & Archaeology
It lacks the drama of a shape-shifting alien creature, but another threat looms over the prospect of generations-long, interstellar space travel: Explorers arriving on Xanadu could face problems communicating with previous and subsequent arrivals, their spoken language having changed in isolation along the way.