Memes about repeated evolution of crabs have been co-opted to joke about technology and “ultimate forms.” They’re hilarious, but they oversimplify natural variation, giving bad arguments a scientific ...

Economist Robert Shiller describes bubbles as social epidemics – viral stories that spread irrational optimism until reality ...

To hear Donald Trump, Elon Musk and their allies tell it, the federal government’s apparatus for doling out scientific research grants is a woke slush fund for silly scientific studies that offer ...

Elon Musk has revealed that Grok, the AI chatbot developed by his company xAI, can create memes in under a minute. The ...

Make it hyperrelevant to the recipient. The best memes make people feel seen. Drop it in your email (or DM) with a quick line like, “Figured this was worth breaking the inbox noise for.” ...

US SEC declares meme coins are not securities, highlighting they're akin to collectibles, not subject to federal securities ...

Memeland CEO believes that the meme coin industry will mature and reduce fraudulent activity over time as more builders enter the space.

Critical Toxicity Studies calls for the scientifically rigorous study of toxicants that handles all bodies and identities with care.

When faced with real-life controversy over the thorniest of research topics, we can seek guidance from fiction ...

A controversial oil pipeline project in Uganda and Tanzania has displaced tens of thousands, generating an outcry from ...

More than 40,000 users reported outages on Elon Musk’s X, formerly known as Twitter, on Monday morning, according to DownDetector.com. A spike of reports that the app had crashed came in around 6 a.m.