All participants used familiar meme templates, such as the Doge image with Comic Sans captions, the squinting Futurama Fry, ...

The United States is set to partially evacuate its embassy in Baghdad, pulling out non-essential staff and their families due to rising regional tensions.

AI is learning to think like us, bridging the worlds of biology and technology. This breakthrough could redefine intelligence ...

Can AI do humor? A new study suggests artificial intelligence can create internet memes as funny as those made by humans. But when it comes to gags that truly connect with viewers, people still have ...

This large-scale global study and the insight it gathered could be a valuable contribution to the understanding of the human brain, guiding future studies focusing on specific developmental ...

It simply arrives, spinning silently or with ominous music. Brain rot memes thrive on overstimulation, nonsense logic, and dense cultural layering. They often parody digital information overload ...

As I observed in a column last year, the 2024 election was characterized online by its brain-rot memes, nonsensical collisions of imagery that produced a lot of noise but little coherent impact.

By Javier C. Hernández The renowned conductor Michael Tilson Thomas announced on Monday that he would scale back his engagements because of a recurrence of brain cancer. Thomas, 80, who has been ...

Your brain is biologically wired for memes. Memes don’t just spread for fun; they tap into parts of the brain evolved to help us learn from others, develop skills, and adapt to our social ...