“Wow, you worked soooo hard on microwaving my dinner, Mom,” my 11-year-old said as I slid his mac and cheese across the table toward him. It might’ve been a compliment, except for the abundance of ...

Here’s why spicing up your sense of humor with cynicism and chutzpah can make you more desirable. Although there is no single definition of sarcasm, most define it as verbal irony—saying the opposite ...

From left: Jun-Ping Ng, Bloomberg; Greg Tobkin, Bloomberg; Brendan Ritter, Cornell Tech; Mengjue Wang, Cornell Tech; Karan Bir, Cornell Tech; Sachin Roopani ...

Earlier this year, we shared a post about our third collaboration with Cornell Tech, which resulted in a semester long challenge for a team of six students to design and build a product that automates ...

In an episode of "The Simpsons," Professor Frink, left, demonstrates his latest creation: a sarcasm detector. ©2003 THE SIMPSONS and TTCFFC ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FOX In an episode of “The Simpsons,” mad ...

Sarcasm is simple! Yeah, right. Although sarcasm is widespread, found across languages and in the various ways we communicate, it is not simple. For most children, learning to understand sarcasm is ...