Canned Laughter Makes Dad Jokes Funnier, Animals Use Economics, and AI on Rubiks Cubes

Published: Aug. 21, 2019, 7 a.m.

Learn about a research-backed way to make dad jokes funnier with canned laughter; how animals use principles of economics in the wild; and how quickly an AI taught itself to solve a Rubik\u2019s cube.

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