As 2025 comes to a close, people turn to the highlights of what made the year special…or at least bearable. There were plenty of viral trends and memes that took over the internet this year, though ...

Japanese premiere Sanae Takaichi may have extra trouble sleeping after she moved into the prime minister's official residence, where ghosts of Japanese soldiers from a century ago are reputed to ...

It’s a weird time to be a journalist. Digital news archives are disappearing. Generative AI is giving em dashes a bad name. Layoffs. Consolidations. Buyouts. Burnout. Countless, daily insults from the ...

For some, Dec. 23 may be Christmas Eve Eve. But it's also another holiday: A Festivus for the rest of us! That's right, it's the annual date in which Seinfeld fans celebrate with an aluminum pole, ...

Christmas is almost here, and between wrapping gifts, rushing for last-minute shopping, and juggling holiday cooking, things can get a little chaotic. In the middle of all that festive madness, ...

President Donald Trump's presidential address has sparked a flurry of memes on social media. The president addressed the nation on Wednesday night in an 18-minute speech in which he addressed the ...

Italian Brain Rot exploded in 2025 as a surreal, AI-fueled meme genre featuring over-the-top Italian stereotypes, exaggerated accents, operatic music, and nonsense visuals that felt intentionally ...

2025 gave us the hero with a hero, bloated Vance, and who could forget the Coldplay couple? (edit Valentina Di Liscia/Hyperallergic) As the year comes to an end, I’m really at a loss for where to ...

As we say our goodbyes to 2025, we must bid adieu to the memes that came with it. It was a surreal year on the internet — many of this year’s memes leaned heavily into the brain rot that’s come with ...

Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi set off a diplomatic firestorm with China in November when she speculated over the potential for military action in relation to Taiwan. She appeared to be ...

There is a global mental-health crisis among graduate students in academia. Yet, in many countries, including Brazil, where I live, official data on the topic are scarce. In this vacuum, a powerful, ...