Researchers at MIT are analysing animated GIFs in an attempt to catalogue what they believe to be a unique, internet-based emotional vocabulary. An animated GIF-- these days often presented in the ...

You probably know the GIF as the perfect vehicle for sharing memes and reactions. We believe the format can go further, that it has real power to capture science and explain research in short, ...

A single drop of solvent swirls like a tiny dancer atop a beaker of water, gradually jettisoning away little round bits of itself until nothing remains. Some who saw it thought it looked like a ...

The U.S. National Archives has partnered with GIF-sharing-website Giphy to share some select animations from the group's collection. Here are 13 weird ones that are worth your time.

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