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 ...

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As described in the August cover story “The Nutty Professor,” Boulder professor Peter McGraw is hard at work trying to crack the humor code. He and his team at the Humor Research Lab (HuRL) have ...

This post is in response to Why Is Humor So Hard to Figure Out? By Nina Strohminger "Trying to define humor is one of the definitions of humor." So said Saul Steinberg, someone who wielded humor so ...

The iffy field of humorology is fitfully illuminated in this gonzo pop-science expedition. Journalist Warner and psychology professor McGraw, director of the University of Colorado's Humor Research ...

The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. This month, they released The Humor Code: A Global Search For What Makes Things Funny, an engaging look at ...

Doug Stanhope is a mess. A thrilling and beautiful mess, that is – a maelstrom of vitriol, fury and alcohol that represents, depending on your perspective, either the high or low point of standup's ...

It’s no surprise that CU prof Peter McGraw and longtime Westword writer Joel Warner, authors of a new book called The Humor Code, would rank the funniest American cities. After all, just such a list ...

‘The Humor Code’ and the Science of How Comedy WorksWriting about comedy has become a cottage industry in recent years as the swelling popularity of live and online humor has birthed a new […] ...