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Hilarious viral ‘handshake’ meme celebrates unexpected friendships

this one features an emoji you will have definitely used before. The latest meme to go viral, which features the handshake emoji, celebrates things you never thought would be paired together, like ... read more

New Herman Cain ‘Women For Cain’ Site Headlined By Stock Photo Of Female Fans

What’s also fascinating, though, is the campaign’s decision to go with a stock photo of “Four happy young women holding their thumbs up,” rather than using a photo of actual women supporters of Cain ... read more

2018: The year astrology memes exploded on the internet

Whether it’s because millennials are trying to find structure in a chaotic world, or just because we love to talk about ourselves, astrology memes undoubtedly exploded in 2018. Astrology itself, of ... read more

Are We Hardwired to Kill?

This is a guest post from Vanessa Woods, author of the new book, Bonobo Handshake. Vanessa is a Research Scientist in Evolutionary Anthropology at Duke University and studies the cognition of ... read more

Blame it on the Zodiac killer: did social media ruin Ted Cruz's campaign?

It’s probably absurd to assume that one meme could end someone’s political career. But what about lots of them? Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images This Vine of Cruz ... while Hillary gives an ... read more

We are in the post PC-is-the-only-option era, but that's not quite as catchy for Apple marketing

I’m not so sure. The phrase has become something of a tech meme lately and Apple has understandably embraced it, claiming at the wholly underwhelming launch for the “New iPad” that it sold 172 million ... read more

Cruz campaign slammed for very fake-looking ‘Photoshop’ image of Obama-Rubio handshake

It should be noted that the photo in question was soon removed from therealrubiorecord, replaced by this one that documented a Rubio-Obama handshake before the 2015 State of the Union. Some also ... read more

Sexy Science? The New Glam of Science in Advertising

This is a guest post by Dr. Jeffrey H. Toney, an educator and scientist whose career has spanned academia and the pharmaceutical industry, and currently serves as the dean of the College of Natural, ... read more

Morning GIF: The Finnish Hockey Handshake

OK, it’s neither Finnish nor is it a handshake. We’re pretty sure it was at a hockey game, though. Here at the Daily Dot, we swap GIF images with each other every morning. Now we’re looping you in. In ... read more