Calling someone a brain-eating amoeba, accusing them of being a crayon eater, and commenting on the acoustics in their head — ...

This would suggest that the use of sarcasm impedes learning rather than improving it. And aside from the pro-sarcasm stance being based on just one or two studies, there are other significant issues ...

Writing of her future demise, author and humorist Dorothy Parker once observed that her epitaph might read, “Wherever she went, including here, it was against her better judgment.” Celebrated for her ...

DARPA has by far the greatest mission statement of any government organization: developing gonzo technologies to prevent and create strategic surprise. And this month the Defense Advanced Research ...

Sarcasm is lost on many people, in some cases more than others, because they may be missing part of a complex set of cognitive skills based in specific parts of the brain. A new study by Israeli ...

If someone has ever told you to "take your time" when you're actually taking your time, or called you "Sherlock" after pointing out the obvious, you're familiar with what can be an uncomfortable form ...

Being sarcastic is a vastly underrated skill -- yes, I said it -- skill. It's unfortunate there aren't more of these types of people out there; if there were, we'd all understand each other a little ...

One day we find ourselves doing something a little off, a bit suspect, seemingly below our station or outside of rational adult behavior: coloring in a coloring book, fearing chipmunks, watching a ...

Forget Spanish or French. For some people, sarcasm is a second language. While everyone lobs a snarky remark here and there, a sarcastic person expresses humor in verbal irony by making statements ...