Mike Crissey Latest articles by Mike Crissey Linguist Deciphers Uses of Word 'Dude' By Mike Crissey published 8 December 04 Human Behavior Sign up for the Live Science daily newsletter nowGet the world’s most fascinating discoveries delivered straight to your inbox.Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors LATEST ARTICLES1Science history: James Webb Space Telescope launches — and promptly cracks our view of the universe — Dec. 25, 20212'Gospel stories themselves tell of dislocation and danger': A historian describes the world Jesus was born into3'What the heck is this?' James Webb telescope spots inexplicable planet with diamonds and soot in its atmosphere4First-ever 'superkilonova' double star explosion puzzles astronomers5We now know much more about how our ancestor 'Lucy' lived — and died