Nuurrianti Jalli is affiliated with Institute for Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) Yusof Ishak Institute Singapore as Non Residential Visiting Fellow for Media, Technology and Society Program. From ...

Cats never stop finding new ways to surprise us, and this week’s batch of memes proves it. Side‑eyeing tabbies, dramatic loaf poses, and perfectly timed snapshots turn everyday antics into pure comedy ...

Cats rarely ask for attention—but when they do, it's usually in the form of dramatic stares, midair flips, or total disinterest with maximum impact. The internet never runs out of material when it ...

Anime has the incredible ability to tell stories that break boundaries, whether emotionally, visually, or logically. But some series don’t just bend the rules of reality, they throw them out the ...

Folks across social media are using ChatGPT’s latest model, GPT-4o, to transform ordinary photos into dreamy, Studio Ghibli-inspired anime illustrations. OpenAI’s newly expanded image generation ...

President Trump posted a “SpongeBob SquarePants” meme mocking federal employees in the wake of an email sent to the workforce asking them to document their achievements from the past week. The meme ...

But sometimes, a meme becomes so popular it turns mainstream, and many forget where the original clip actually came from. While it sometimes makes it easy to forget their origins, their impactful ...

FORT WORTH, Texas (RNS) — When Jason Whitehead first saw the Vatican’s 2025 Jubilee mascot, Luce, it “was a bit of a surprise,” he said. The anime-style character was a far cry from the traditional ...

According to Steve Dale, a cat behavior consultant and pet journalist, part of the reason why cat memes are so popular on the internet is that there aren’t many places for cat lovers to congregate, in ...

Last week, the Vatican revealed the official mascot of the Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee year: an anime girl named Luce. Jubilee chief organizer Archbishop Rino Fisichella hopes the chibi ...

The Vatican introduced an anime-style mascot named Luce to represent Catholic pilgrims in the 2025 Jubilee year on Monday, Oct. 28 — and within a week, the character has already become a viral ...

Your brain is biologically wired for memes. Memes don’t just spread for fun; they tap into parts of the brain evolved to help us learn from others, develop skills, and adapt to our social environment.