While traveling the world exploring the science of what makes things funny, we stumbled on an important question: What makes a good comedy club? According to many of the comics we interviewed, a ...

Peter McGraw, left, and Joel Warner's new book, "The Humor Code," chronicled their exhaustive search for the sources of levity. Of all the things Joel Warner and Peter McGraw did for their book ...

Live from your computer screens, it's Code Switch! Guest hosts Ayesha Rascoe and Denice Frohman joined us to talk poetry and humor with special guests Paul Tran and Hari Kondabolu. Then, Ayesha ...

Ready to crack the surprising Humor Code for one of the main reasons we laugh? From stand-up comedy to laughing (the right way) after a tragic event, see what a scientist and a journalist ...

Writing about comedy has become a cottage industry in recent years as the swelling popularity of live and online humor has birthed a new audience for comedy journalism, whether it's Jason Zinoman ...

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 ...

At this year's Just for Laughs festival in Montreal, a picture emerges of a comedy industry in which the old rules of the stand-up circuit are being turned on their head, thanks to the web. A ...

The Humor Code reads like an extended magazine article, which is both its greatest strength and the reason I may not ultimately adopt it for my class.

The Humor Code: Why Bridgetown Comedy Fest Is 'Summer Camp for Comedians' Stand-up comic Andy Wood talks about the success of the comedy festival he helped found.

Debating whether or not the humor code can and should be cracked is a fun philosophical exercise. Folks are free to continue to do so - but meanwhile, we'll be actively working to crack it.

Humor is a science University of Colorado's Peter McGraw and his "Humor Research Lab" may have cracked the code to what makes us laugh ...