Authoritative, intelligent, responsible, serious—if you were asked to describe the general figure of a scientist, you would probably use adjectives like these. However, "funny" would likely not be the ...

University of Utah professor publishes article in Proceedings of National Academics of Sciences examining the use of humor in science information Newswise — April 12, 2021 – Misinformation in public ...

Television personality and author Alton Brown is bringing his mix of food, science, and humor to the Washington Pavilion on ...

Scroll down for a transcription of this episode. Humor can help us with stress, anxiety and feeling more connected to others. But is humor connected to mindfulness? And how can we find more of it? For ...

To engage audiences and help keep their attention, many public speakers sprinkle their speeches with a little humor. It's a useful tool, but something that scientists rarely use, according to a report ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When it comes to science and scientists, how information is presented can be the difference between learning or ignoring. A new ...

Federal rules requiring the inclusion of women as participants in most NIH‑funded clinical research were not put in place until 1993. That history is one of the core reasons Evvy CMO Laine Bruzek and ...

What are the advantages of using social media as a researcher? We want our science to be known, so we put ourselves out there on social media. Although it’s not conducive to proper scientific ...

Have the British a peculiar sense of humor? A solemn inquiry into that footless but fascinating question has been doggedly conducted, amid the fury of World War II, by British Psychologist H. J.

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Laughter can be a joyous shortcut between ...

Misinformation in public debates about scientific issues such as vaccinations and climate change can be found all over the internet, especially on social media. In a new study, Sara K. Yeo, associate ...

When it comes to science and scientists, how information is presented can be the difference between learning or ignoring. A new study by the University of Georgia says one thing that can help make ...