Is there more to internet memes than meets the eye? The science of these viral mash-ups reveals why they are so effective at spreading ideas and beliefs. To most of the world they are just amusing ...

(Redferns / Getty Images) All the hallmarks of a bad-1980s music video are there: Big hair, synthesized chords, bad dancing and desolate urban settings. But even then, no one really knows for sure why ...

(Redferns / Getty Images) All the hallmarks of a bad-1980s music video are there: Big hair, synthesized chords, bad dancing and desolate urban settings. But even then, no one really knows for sure why ...

The Scroll of Truth meme was derived from a comic artist Tate Parker posted on his Tumblr in February. The scroll’s dark secret is that we believe the truth is worth searching for, but it isn’t always ...

Christianity is pretty big — around 2.2 billion people consider themselves devoted followers of the church. But watch out, there’s a new religion in town. As discovered by @kuwaddo on Twitter, Google ...

In addition to this, there was also a Twitter bot that retweets what Trump said at this time and day four years ago as well as a Facebook plugin that swaps out reactions with the Republican’s face.

Internet memes are ubiquitous enough that they now have their own top-level internet domain. Google today announced that consumers and businesses can start hosting websites using the .meme domain, ...

Waxy.org's Andy Baio and collaborators have stripped the subjects out of popular viral videos, rendering a series of bare backgrounds that he calls "meme scenery" (screenshots above). How many of ...

Ben Lashes wants to represent your cat. Or he probably would if your feline companion has gone viral on the web – like Nyan, Grumpy and Keyboard. For over a decade, Lashes has run a meme management ...