The meme or memes comprising Morse code had strong positive feedback effects. Some memes have evident benefits for their human hosts (“Look before you leap,” knowledge of CPR, belief in hand washing ...

One of my favorite genres of unintentional comedy is weird signs out in the wild. Whether it’s a badly worded warning, a completely unhinged message taped to a window, or just something so random it ...

Emily Godwin receives funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) for her position as a PhD Candidate at the University of Bath. “I am become meme,” declared Elon Musk ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Callum Booth covers the intersection of art and internet culture. There’s a new trend in town: the “when Gen-Z writes the ...

He called it the meme, and it became his most memorable invention, far more influential than his selfish genes or his later proselytizing against religiosity. “Memes propagate themselves in the meme ...