Professor Peter McGraw and writer Joel Warner have teamed up to explore the science of humor on a global expedition. The Humor Code chronicles their adventures, scientific experiments and ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Author and humorist, Peter McGraw, chats ...

Daniel Dennett makes a good point in his TED talk, Cute, Sexy, Sweet, Funny, when he argues our sense of humor must accomplish important evolutionary objectives. Why else would we find things funny ...

As described in the August cover story “The Nutty Professor,” Boulder professor Peter McGraw is hard at work trying to crack the humor code. He and his team at the Humor Research Lab (HuRL) have ...

The iffy field of humorology is fitfully illuminated in this gonzo pop-science expedition. Journalist Warner and psychology professor McGraw, director of the University of Colorado's Humor Research ...

The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. This month, they released The Humor Code: A Global Search For What Makes Things Funny, an engaging look at ...

It’s no surprise that CU prof Peter McGraw and longtime Westword writer Joel Warner, authors of a new book called The Humor Code, would rank the funniest American cities. After all, just such a list ...

‘The Humor Code’ and the Science of How Comedy WorksWriting about comedy has become a cottage industry in recent years as the swelling popularity of live and online humor has birthed a new […] ...