Humor

‘Get A Lovely Bust For Christmas’: 1930s Tips For How To Be A Festive Woman

Good Needlwork magazine shows you how to get better bosoms. Image: Dave Whatt By Jo Brewis, University of Leicester When my good friend and long-term collaborator Sam Warren was given a pile of women’s magazines from the 1930s by her grandmother Jane Fram ...

Article - The Conversation - Dec 19 2014 - 6:00pm

Interview with Virginia Woof

Oh, yes.  I absolutely adore meeting with the media, it's my chance to give something back, don't you know, to give aspiring young journalists a paw up, as it were.  It's the least I can do. I understand, dear.  Of course you feel that way.  ...

Blog Post - Jess H. Brewer - Jan 28 2015 - 12:11am

How To Be Funny: Attack People

LAUGHTER IS CLOSELY RELATED TO FEAR, RESEARCHERS FIND HONG KONG, March 2, 2015 The surest way to make someone laugh is to attack them, researchers said this week. Humor is rooted in fear, and laughter is a type of screaming. The widespread belief that sur ...

Blog Post - Nury Vittachi - Mar 2 2015 - 12:01am

Kardashian Lumbar Curvature Index- An Evolutionary Hypothesis

There are sometimes complaints that modern men only prefer one certain female body type, but we should blame evolution and prehistoric influences, according to a new study. Professor Anthony Ray from the Department of Evolution and Human Behavior at Mack U ...

Article - Cap'n Ron Dagger,... - Apr 1 2015 - 9:52am

A Foolproof Social Skills Hack

In my role as lead investigator at the Science of People laboratory complex, people often ask me if those 'social skills hacks' they read about are real. Well, I am here to tell you they are, and I put together a video with my favorite one, show ...

Blog Post - Vanessa Van Edwards - Apr 1 2015 - 10:21am

Super Collider Finds Evidence We Are Not Alone In The Universe

The Anti-Proton Collider experiment of the New Jersey Super Collider (NJSC) announced today that we may not be alone in the universe. ...

Article - David Walton - Apr 1 2015 - 10:50pm

Scientific Research Helps Create First Ice Casino Blueprints

A recent study undertaken by the Institute of Polar Science has backed plans by Gala Casino to create the first ever Ice Casino. Led by Professor Ross Bight, a renowned figure in the fields of both human and animal behaviour in the Arctic, the research ha ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 1 2015 - 10:50pm

Offenbach in Athens

"La belle Hélène" is a beautiful operetta by Jacques Offenbach. Now for the first time it has been translated and performed in Greek in Athens, by a group of very talented singers under the artistic direction of Panagiotis Adam. I saw "Η Ωρά ...

Blog Post - Tommaso Dorigo - Apr 26 2015 - 3:15am

VE, VF...?

Today is the seventy-fifth anniversary of one of the most famous speeches given by Winston Churchill: We shall fight on the beaches of which the best remembered words are We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight ...

Blog Post - Robert H Olley - May 13 2015 - 9:24am

Vladimir Putin Thinks The World Of Sepp Blatter

In what can really only be described as a conference for people nobody likes, Sepp Blatter and Vladimir Putin hung out recently to discuss slave labor (probably), embezzlement (definitely) and the 2018 FIFA World Cup (unfortunately) which will be held in ...

Blog Post - Nicholas Staropoli - Jul 31 2015 - 10:15am