A few years ago, social media erupted in disbelief over the color of a dress. About a week ago, the auditory analogue of ‘the dress’ was posted on Reddit, Instagram, and Twitter. It’s an audio clip in ...

Last Wednesday, Jay Aubrey Jones, 64, was getting ready to go to his temp job when a story caught his eye on the "Today" show. A viral audio recording was making headlines worldwide: some swore it ...

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. -- It's settled: That viral audio clip that everybody is talking about is actually a recording of the word "laurel," not the nonsense word "yanny." At least, that's the story from ...

Remember yanny and laurel? Beyonce's pregnancy? Covfefe? They were all moments that broke the internet, uniting the world in awe, happiness or confusion. Though some of those stories break literal ...

The Laurel vs. Yanny debate, which has sharply divided the American public this week, reached the highest levels of government on Thursday. In a 45-second video posted on Twitter, President Donald ...

As if we needed another thing to divide America. Some people who listen to this audio file hear one thing; others hear something completely different. It’s like it was put on the internet just to sow ...

A viral audio clip has everyone asking each other: “Yanny” or “Laurel”? And while the clip is launching many debates, its backstory is actually quite simple. The viral “Yanny” or “Laurel” clip — where ...

The internet is up in arms about an audio clip where a computer-generated voice is either saying “Yanny” or “Laurel.” Now, another person is adding his two cents, and that man is named Yanni. What ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. I heard “yanny.” This is, I know now, objectively wrong. In 2007, actor Jay Aubrey ...