Documentary footage of a ‘Nihilistic Penguin’ walking toward certain death has gone viral—where did it come from and what does it mean?

What are word origins and definition? The word “meme” (/miːm/) comes from the ancient Greek word “mīmēma” which means “that is limited”. In 1976, biologist Richard Dawkins used for the first time in ...

Asking for advice online about pretty much any video game will result in two types of responses. There are the good-guy gamers who will let you know how much of a noob you are but still offer genuine ...

Richard Dawkins first coined the word “meme” in his 1976 book The Selfish Gene. Dawkins wrote that just as evolution depends on self-replicating genes as the biological unit of transmission in species ...

Memes have become an important, if somewhat humorous, part of the cryptocurrency community. The crypto market is highly volatile, and the prices of cryptocurrencies can fluctuate dramatically in a ...

There’s a new meme on Twitter that’s turning traditional “red flags” into something much more lighthearted. If you recently scrolled through your feed and noticed a bunch of tweets containing ...

Homer's iconic work The Odyssey has inspired countless classic stories and pieces of art, and now, it's inspired the viral "Not What I'm Called" meme. The exploitable meme format, which sees a ...

TikTok creators have been posting hypothetical scenarios in which their significant other engages in some jealousy-inducing activities such as texting someone else, hanging out with them behind their ...

Slang with younger generations is always changing. But throughout 2025, there's been one phrase, or number, that seems to have stumped countless people as they've seen "six-seven" take the internet by ...

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is handily the best superhero movie of the past decade. It’s also one of the rare superhero movies to actually derive formal pleasure from its comic book origins.