Writers who work on children’s books or are looking for a unique challenge might be intrigued by Cleartext, a barebones text editor for Macs that doesn’t allow you to use anything other than the 1,000 ...

Astrophysicist Roberto Trotta argues that we don't need jargon. He tells NPR's Wade Goodwyn he's compiled a history of the universe as we know it, using only the 1,000 most-common English words. A ...

Could you learn to speak 1,000 words from another language? British people are lazy linguists – they don't tend to learn foreign languages. A campaign is now encouraging everyone in the UK to learn at ...

Every item on this page was chosen by an ELLE editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. There was something about 1000 Words that immediately made my palms slick. I opened ...