Tag: Comedy
A brief history of invisibility on screen
Marc Longenecker, Wesleyan University
What would you do if you could be invisible? Would this newfound power bring out the best in you, instilling you...
A brief history of invisibility on screen
Marc Longenecker, Wesleyan University
What would you do if you could be invisible? Would this newfound power bring out the best in you, instilling you...
Was that joke funny or offensive? Who’s telling it matters
Michael Thai, The University of Queensland and Alex Borgella, Fort Lewis College
In September, before the start of its 45th season, “Saturday Night Live” brought...
Leave ’em laughing instead of crying: Climate humor can break down...
Maxwell Boykoff, University of Colorado Boulder
Climate change is not inherently funny. Typically, the messengers are serious scientists describing how rising greenhouse gas emissions are...
How air guitar became a serious sport
Byrd McDaniel, Brown University
Advertised as the “greatest thing you’ve never seen,” the 2019 U.S. Air Guitar Championships will take place this summer.
Competitors from...
EXPLORING NATURE
Nanoparticles and artificial intelligence can help researchers detect pollutants in water,...
Andres B. Sanchez Alvarado, Rice University
Across the U.S., hundreds of sites on land or in lakes and rivers...
