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Just to show that we scientists a) have a sense of humour, and b) can laugh at ourselves, here is one of my favourite lists, the Guide to Translating Scientific Papers Into Plain English.

Small glossary of terms in scientific articles ...

Kids may not giggle over the awkwardness on "The Office," and adults usually aren't all that tickled by Elmo. But new research shows that the same brain regions are active when children and grown ups find something funny. .

Hear a John Rennie & Brian Mallow wax poetic about their upcoming "The Punchlines & Perils of Science Humor" workshop.

Well-executed touches of humor can help make science writing more expressive, personal, and memorable. Badly executed humor can induce eye-rolling, embarrassment, and retreats for the nearest exit. This session will focus on doing the latter.

In one study, businesspeople were asked to negotiate on a specific and complex contract via email. Half the group were paired up and simply asked to get down to business.

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An original opera in London, England attempts to demonstrate that how we interact with others via social media has little to do with how we behave in real life. If the trailer video is any indication, how they convey their message is pretty hilarious.

The new EyePhone is finally available in New New York.

I think this new birth control method will face the same problem they all do: the wacky abstinence-only crowd will reject it. But then I had a brilliant idea: instead of making it with a homeopathic dilution of fetuses, I'm...