Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Six days later, during a Fox News town hall, Sean Hannity asked Trump about those remarks on increased testing. “Sometimes I ...

It’s funny how sarcasm is associated with humor. “To tear flesh like a dog,” is not a jolly image, but the word nonetheless derives from the Greek sarkazein, meaning just that. It evolved to mean “to ...

Before you roll your eyes, get this: Exercising your sarcasm muscle is not only good for you, but it can also benefit the people around you. Here are the scientific reasons you should never feel bad ...

In two recent posts, I touched on both nonverbal and verbal types of formal humor. In this one, I continue our review of the latter category by discussing two styles of humor seen quite regularly in ...

Researchers say their new algorithm trained on a database of various TV show clips can detect sarcasm 75% of the time. By Tom Hawking Published May 17, 2024 1:17 PM EDT Get the Popular Science daily ...

Artificial intelligence and algorithms are capable of stunning feats: Computers can sweep Jeopardy! boards, calculate π to a staggering degree, and tweet every word in the English language without ...

Scroll through Twitter and you’ll find plenty of sarcastic comments—not to mention lots of cases where sarcasm apparently went straight over someone’s head. Luckily, an algorithm MIT researchers ...

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Roger J. Kreuz is a Friend of The Conversation. Six days later, during a Fox News town hall, Sean Hannity asked Trump about those remarks on increased testing. “Sometimes I jokingly say, or ...