Boffins in search of the perfect gag

Can you learn to be funny? Can you study humour and unlock its scientific formula? Alex Horne swaps the comedy circuit for the lecture hall in search of the science of laughter. Plus, Greg Davies, Tim Minchin and Shazia Mirza tell us what really tickles them In the middle of last year’s football World Cup, 200 men and women from Asia, America, Australia and Europe sat in silence in the main hall of the City University of Hong Kong. I was in the middle of this disparate group, next to my reluctant assistant, Tim.

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