Ateneo de Manila University researchers have found that using internet memes to teach science can significantly improve learning outcomes for senior high school students. Over 200 Filipino private ...
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.
The science world is in constant motion. Whether we're talking about sudden breakthroughs or meticulous and consistent efforts with incremental progress, there's always something new to uncover. So ...
Zoom meeting after Zoom meeting, while trying to feed, entertain, and beg-to-sleep an infant whose daycare had closed, I needed a break but couldn’t really take one in April 2020. Enter memes. Between ...
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 ...
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 ...