This set was recorded at a ‘best of’ live gig hosted by Festival of the Spoken Nerd at London’s Bloomsbury Theatre. It was my ...

The awesome thing about human beings is that they’re often big fans of comedy. After all, humor is one of the things that unites people no matter what they do. And scientists are no different! They ...

How to win a Nobel prize: what kind of scientist scoops medals ... “I kept meeting people who’d unknowingly done very funny ...

Creator Gary Larson often used historical humor in his classic Far Side cartoons, occasionally lampooning known events with ...

Sir, – Just what is it that hotel managers and soccer managers have in common? They both manage teams in order to get results. Results that are designed to generate good revenue and to deliver a ...

After celebrating their third anniversary last month, Mariah the Scientist and Young Thug are now commemorating their 'changed lives' after the rapper was allowed to walk free from prison on ...

Singer Mariah the Scientist has diligently sat in the gallery at many of Young Thug’s court dates for Georgia’s RICO charges against him. Now that Thug, born Jeffery Williams, has been ...

On a mountain in northern Chile, scientists are carefully assembling the intricate components of the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, one of the most advanced astronomical facilities in history.

The two species began burying their dead at roughly the same time and place. Now some archaeologists think competition may have played a role in burials. Decades ago, Neanderthal burials at ...

To the surprise of many, on July 29, for the first time in Peru’s history, members of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) marched in the traditional Grand Military Parade, as part of the Andean ...

Kenta Ishimoto, a mathematical scientist at Kyoto University, and colleagues investigated these non-reciprocal interactions in sperm and other microscopic biological swimmers, to figure out how they ...

Diwali, celebrated by Hindus, Jains, Sikhs, and Buddhists, signifies the victory of light over darkness. The five-day festival includes Dhanteras, Choti Diwali, Diwali, Govardhan Puja, and Bhai ...