Memes and humor are great ways to find common ground with complete strangers. Add an educational and scientific twist to the ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Study challenges old view: A 2025 study found humor in science communication can enhance credibility and engagement, overturning the belief that it undermines professionalism. Memes meet short-form ...

UA students in an evidence-based medicine class are trying to replicate the experimental results their peers from a previous semester found, where having a woman on a man’s lap while he bench pressed ...

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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 ...

It describes how centrally embedded an individual is in a network of others. The deeper in this “onion” they are, the more connections they have. The network being studied: NHL Hockey fights.

When Photoshopped images of a seated and bemittened Bernie Sanders went mega-viral on the internet last week, researchers Chen Ling and Gianluca Stringhini of Boston University weren’t the least bit ...