I hope that something good will come out of sharing these posts, like new and unexpected ideas. Not only do I share new science and papers, but I also include jokes about academia when I come across a ...

McGraw leans on historical references, formulas, peer-reviewed studies, curious findings from his "Humour Research Lab" and good old-fashioned jokes. Just as scientists before him sent a man to ...

I just couldn’t cut it. (Wink, wink.) But as you can see, science jokes are a whole other thing. Whether you’re at home in a ...

In fact, the opposite is true. Scientists (particularly grad students) are absolutely hysterical, and always looking for an excuse to leave the lab and drink booze with their buddies. The best place ...

We’re big fans of science humor here at Surprising Science HQ ... grad students toiling in a lab or stick figures with sophisticated math skills. We keep this poster in our time machine ...

So, science instructors who try to be funny can create better learning environments ... lead author and postdoctoral researcher in Brownell's lab. "Is it a joke about cute animals?

When McGraw isn’t teaching MBA students, he’s exploring what makes good fodder for a joke (as well as what’s in poor taste) as director of the Humor Research Lab (HuRL) at CU Boulder. The lab has ...

The graduate student and postdoc Communication Fellows in the Science Communications Lab offer individual coaching, targeted workshops, and a range of initiatives to support the Brandeis scientific ...