The majority of material surrounding scientific topics is still quite stiff and dry—void of any humor. It’s because many believe that joking about science undermines its authority and legitimacy.

Qualitative methods, plasmids and research proposals don’t seem like the subjects to joke about. For a long time, scholars have avoided humor when talking about science-related topics in fear of ...

Let’s be honest—complex physics theories and mind-bending math problems can leave most of us staring blankly, wondering what just happened. But one thing most of us can understand is a good meme about ...

The Trump administration hasn’t even started yet, but if there ever was a time to wave your science flag high, it’s now. He’s referred to climate change as a “Chinese hoax”, has mentioned cutting the ...

Science Diction is a bite-sized podcast about words—and the science stories behind them. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, and sign up for our newsletter. Remember that summer when the ...

What causes a particular meme to take the Internet by storm, dominating image boards and inspiring hundreds of variations, while another one languishes? It’s a tantalizing question in the nascent ...

More and more of the things that set the internet on fire are of that species of charmingly moronic pairing of text and image that allows even the post-literate to feel like they have partaken of a ...

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A new study found that COVID-related memes helped people cope with the stresses of living life during the pandemic. By Charlotte Hu Updated Oct 23, 2021 11:20 AM EDT Add Popular Science (opens in a ...