But the cartoon editor of The New Yorker, Bob Mankoff, has made a living making people laugh for decades. He says there are a lot of scientific theories about what makes something humorous – he ...

Creator Gary Larson often used historical humor in his classic Far Side cartoons, occasionally lampooning known events with ...

This issue marks the first of many parallel-world adventures in comic books and cartoons ... As with all scientific theories, including Everett's innovative foray into parallel worlds half ...

Its combination of animation and storytelling has even inspired iconic cartoons including Batman ... featured actual ...

Women may be more empathic than men, but research found no gender difference in forgiveness. Gender differences in empathy ...

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Cats are quicker than babies to associate a picture of a word with its corresponding picture, new research shows.

A popular story claims that Newton was inspired to formulate his theory of universal gravitation by the fall of an apple from a tree. Cartoons ... as the greatest scientific book ever written ...

Châtelet’s scientific contributions were appreciated by some, then forgotten by all. But redeeming her as a mind shouldn’t undermine her as a woman.

The artwork of Mister Cartoon can be seen pretty much everywhere — tattooed on celebrities, exhibited in art galleries, airbrushed on cars, painted on public walls and printed on team jerseys.