“Kamala is Brat,” Dark Brandon, childless cat ladies—they’re almost as well known as this year’s presidential candidates themselves. While these and other examples of memes are a source of ...

Witty, humorous memes may play an important role in eating habits, according to a recent study, although many Boston University professors said they disagree. Memes are cultural elements that carry ...

Long before people could simply open their social media platform of choice and enjoy a seemingly endless scroll of memes at their fingertips, they got similar content from comic strips like The Far ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. A meme is a shortcut to a universal human emotion. But to ...

“Meme,” coined in 1976 by Richard Dawkins, has been used in Times articles about genes, stocks and of course, Bernie Sanders. By Sarah Diamond In Word Through The Times, we trace how one word or ...

There’s been a recent resurgence to insert religion into U.S. public schools. Louisiana formalized legislation requiring classrooms to display the Ten Commandments. Likewise, Oklahoma’s superintendent ...

If you’ve spent any time online, you’ve likely encountered a meme — any combination of image, video or text that is remixed, replicated and shared to convey a message. Most are funny. Some are cute ...