A new study examining meme creation found that AI-generated meme captions on existing famous meme images scored higher on ...

A new study finds that AI-generated memes are now rated funnier than those made by most humans, signaling a major leap in AI's creative capabilities—though the best human memers still hold the edge.

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In “Funny Because It’s True,” Christine Wenc offers an idiosyncratic history of The Onion, the publication that made the ...

Jewish American artists were at the heart of the comics industry – and a closer read of beloved characters reflects fears ...

Humor has never found a place in science communication. Scientists have often shied away from using a light-hearted approach ...

Authoritative, intelligent, responsible, serious—if you were asked to describe the general figure of a scientist, you would ...

EUGENE, Ore. (KATU) — A recent study suggested that cartoons targeted at girls feature sweets like cupcakes and ice cream eight times more frequently than those aimed at boys. Researchers Eric ...

Funny dog presents a semiotic study of humorous expressions displayed by dogs. This article interprets the meaning behind these expressions and their relationship with human perception of humor.

And despite high-profile incidents, air travel remains statistically safe. A 2024 study out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology found that between 2018 and 2022, the risk of death per ...