Bill Gates, left, chats with Bill Nye at the Moore Theater in Seattle on Thursday night. An image of the 1975 Popular ...

A 2024 winner of the National Academies’ Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications, Alex Dainis ...

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Using memes in science education boosts learning, engagement, and confidence among senior high school students.

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Some films in the science fiction horror genre lean heavily on their high-concept premise, while others focus on humor or ...

Gianni Rodari used puns, topsy-turvyism and zany names to invent stories for children and help children invent their own.

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Astronomers mistook a Tesla Roadster that was launched into orbit in 2018 for an asteroid earlier this month. The registry of ...

New work led by Roza Kamiloglu, a psychologist at the Free University of Amsterdam, provides evidence that there are just two primary types of laughter: one generated when people find something funny ...

"The Big Bang Theory" brought us an unforgettable mix of science, friendship, and laughter that we're still talking about 18 ...