Comedy

Who doesn't love a good laugh? Humour is uniquely human. We use it for social bonding; the best way to make a new friend is to crack a joke, and most serious situations are made much more fun when someone lets out a giggle. Some people have even managed to make a career out of making people laugh!

The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021
Andrew Mayes
Randburg
South Africa
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Title: Monday Morning Mood
Description: I took this shot while photographing a group of Pied starlings perched in a tree at the Rietvlei Nature Reserve in South Africa. It perfectly sums up my mood on most Monday mornings :)
Animal: Pied Starling
Location of shot: Rietvlei Nature Reserve

That Monday morning feeling: The Comedy Wildlife Awards 2021

Matt Parker, Helen Arney and Steve Mould: What links coffee, snowflakes and frogs? © Idil Sukan

Everyday science

Matt Parker, Helen Arney and Steve Mould What links coffee, snowflakes and frogs?

Image from Ethnoarchaeological replication Experiments show knives manufactured from frozen human feces do not work © Metin I Eren

Ig Nobel Prize A knife made of poo and an alligator on helium among 2020 winners

Sophie Scott: “Laughter is a completely social phenomenon: we are 30 times more likely to laugh if there is someone else with us” (Sick of It © Me+You Productions)

Sophie Scott “Laughter is a completely social phenomenon: we are 30 times more likely to laugh if there is someone else with us”

Grab life by the… © Sarah Skinner / Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards 2019

Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards Cheeky lion pic tops 40 side-splitting photos from the animal kingdom

Hey computer, tell me a joke: the problem of teaching AI humour © Getty Images

Future Technology

Hey computer, tell me a joke: the problem of teaching AI humour

Testicles, pizza and wombat poo: Ig Nobel prize winners announced © Elise Amendola/AP

Testicles, pizza and wombat poo: Ig Nobel prize winners announced

Everyday science

Eline van der Velden “Romantic science comedies are the dream”

Is there really no such thing as a fish? – Andrew Hunter Murray and Dan Schreiber

Everyday science

Andrew Hunter Murray and Dan Schreiber Is there really no such thing as a fish?

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

Everyday science

Who says you can’t polish a nerd?

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Everyday science

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

Robin Ince

Robin Ince: Inside the mind of a comedian

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

Everyday science

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”