When young Rodney Goodwin pulled down the lever on one of the newest machines in his family’s optical lab, it closed in on a ...

More than one commentator described President Donald Trump’s speech at the recent White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner with variations of “the opposite of funny.” There’s no reason to ...

In 2017, psychologist Ulrike Willinger conducted a study at the Medical University of Vienna on the subject of “gallows humor.” Through the experiment, Willinger’s researchers found that people who ...

High total protein levels were associated with poor DSAEK outcomes in these cases. Researchers speculate a future role for this biomarker in outcome forecasting. The aqueous humor (AqH) of normal eyes ...

Remember when we thought AI was going to be Rosie from The Jetsons? A cheerful, wisecracking robot who did our laundry, had a hot meal waiting and dispensed life wisdom with a feather duster in hand?

Humor has long been seen as a “soft skill,” useful for easing awkward Zoom moments or sharing a laugh with colleagues. But CU Boulder researchers Tony Kong and Peter McGraw argue it’s far more than ...

In 1991, a simple line appeared in Broom, a Lithuanian satire and humor journal. “A shortest joke: Communism,” it said. A one-liner to celebrate the collapse of the Soviet Union. Four years since ...

WinStar Farm's pensioned sire Distorted Humor, a champion freshman sire, champion general sire, and champion broodmare sire who continues to influence the breed, was euthanized Jan. 10 due to the ...

Do you have that one friend who says the most absurd dark joke at the dinner table and leaves everyone stunned? If not, sorry to break it to you, but you might be that person. Some people just love ...

Researchers found that patients with primary open-angle glaucoma have less agmatine and thiamine in the aqueous humor than patients without glaucoma. A discovery concerning molecules in the eye may ...

Over his decades-long career as a late-night comedy TV writer, Joe Toplyn has crafted jokes for the likes of David Letterman and Jay Leno. He has instructed adult-level courses on comedy writing and ...