When Jamie Flam arrives at the Hollywood Improv at noon every day, he’s prepared to spend the next 12 hours booking and producing shows, negotiating deals with talent and agents, and watching live ...

This piece originally appeared on The Tyee. A straight-faced academic with a crew cut and sweater vest is making the packed room laugh using a projector and the branch of mathematics known as set ...

Scientists have an undeserved reputation for being geeky and humorless. In fact, the opposite is true. Scientists (particularly grad students) are absolutely hysterical, and always looking for an ...

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 ...