Professor Peter McGraw and writer Joel Warner have teamed up to explore the science of humor on a global expedition. The Humor Code chronicles their adventures, scientific experiments and ...

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 ...

Peter McGraw, left, and Joel Warner's new book, "The Humor Code," chronicled their exhaustive search for the sources of levity. Of all the things Joel Warner and Peter McGraw did for their book “The ...

Writing about comedy has become a cottage industry in recent years as the swelling popularity of live and online humor has birthed a new audience for comedy journalism, whether it’s Jason Zinoman’s ...

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What makes a joke funny? A professor and a journalist think they’ve uncovered the secrets of comedy, and they explain their findings in a new book The Humor Code: A Global Search For What Makes Things ...