As described in the cover story “The Nutty Professor,” Boulder professor Peter McGraw, with the help of his Humor Research Lab (HuRL), has come up with a universal theory of comedy they call the ...

Scientists have an undeserved reputation for being geeky and humorless. In fact, the opposite is true. Scientists (particularly grad students) are absolutely hysterical, and always looking for an ...

This piece originally appeared on The Tyee. A straight-faced academic with a crew cut and sweater vest is making the packed room laugh using a projector and the branch of mathematics known as set ...

How humor works is a serious study for CU Boulder's Peter McGraw. As director of the Humor Research Lab, McGraw is exploring what makes a good joke, and what falls flat. His team have developed a ...

Oded Rechavi shares research and relatable science memes at the touch of his fingertips. We want our science to be known, so we put ourselves out there on social media. Although it’s not conducive to ...

To identify the funniest U.S. city, CU-Boulder researchers developed their own humor algorithm. Skiers swarm the slopes of Colorado, art lovers crowd the Louvre in Paris, Elvis Presley fans pay homage ...

This post was co-authored by Erika Pages, a fifth-year Ph.D. graduate student in social psychology at Arizona State University working in Michelle Shiota's Social Psychology Lab. Humor is a powerful ...