News tagged with joke

Humour helps in the mediation process

A good joke may be the key to resolving a legal dispute according to new research.

Feb 15, 2012 | not rated yet | 0

Comics are serious teaching tools for USC linguist

The study of linguistics is not a laughing matter -- unless you happen to have Stan Dubinsky as your professor. The University of South Carolina linguist has been sharing jokes and puns and cartoons with students ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

Jan 10, 2012 | 4 / 5 (2) | 0

Good parenting is just a joke

Parents who joke and pretend with their toddlers are giving their children a head start in terms of life skills. Most parents are naturals at playing the fool with their kids, says a new research project funded by the Economic ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

Oct 27, 2011 | 5 / 5 (1) | 3

Computer program understands the 'that’s what she said' joke

(PhysOrg.com) -- While computers can do just about anything these days, having a sense of humor is not something they have been capable of, that is until now. Chloe Kiddon and Yuriy Brun, computer scientists from the University ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

May 02, 2011 | 4.7 / 5 (10) | 13 |

Web gets April Fools' makeover of goofy hoaxes

(AP) -- The Internet got an April Fools' Day makeover, as many of the major destinations on the Web continued the annual tradition of lighthearted hoaxes.

Technology / Internet

Apr 01, 2010 | 4.2 / 5 (5) | 0

Glasgow's joking computer

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Glasgow Science Centre in Scotland is exhibiting a computer that makes up jokes using its database of simple language rules and a large vocabulary.

Technology / Computer Sciences

Dec 11, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (11) | 2

Sexist jokes favor the mental mechanisms that justify violence against women

Sexist jokes (and all the variants of this kind of humour) favour the mental mechanisms which urge to violence and battering against women in individuals with macho attitudes. Those are the conclusions of a study carried ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Jul 02, 2009 | 3 / 5 (3) | 0