Comedy

Comedians may hold the key to getting humans safely to Mars © Wikipedia Commons

Mars exploration Antarctic explorer's "comedian" might be key to human Red Planet mission

Festival Of The Spoken nerd © Rosemary Rance

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Who says you can’t polish a nerd?

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WIN a copy of the new comedy DVD You Can’t Polish a Nerd

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Inside the mind of a comedian – Robin Ince

Finding the fun in science - Dara Ó Briain (Secret Science: The Amazing World Beyond Your Eyes)

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Finding the fun in science – Dara Ó Briain

Matt Winning, Climate Strange

“The best thing you can possibly do for your children’s future is to not have any children”

Laughter: Some Eminency in Ourselves © Getty Images

Laughter: Some Eminency in Ourselves

Sophie Scott will be presenting this year’s Christmas Lectures © Paul Wilkinson/Royal Institution

Make a connection with this year’s Christmas lecturer Sophie Scott

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Comedian Rob Newman on the mysteries of the human brain

9 of the funniest science songs on the internet

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Nine of the funniest science songs on the internet

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A serious business: what can comedy do?

Sara Pascoe © Dave Brown

Sara Pascoe’s inner animal

Is sense of humour quantifiable?  © Getty Images

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Is sense of humour quantifiable?

Why do we get ‘the giggles’? © Getty Images

Why do we get ‘the giggles’?