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• (Not) A Serious Discussion: Humor as a Tool To Promote Science

  Laughter doesn't only increase longevity but also promotes science; it also helps achieve breakthroughs and make learning stick, as believed by scientists and lecturers. How and why should we use comedy in science and education? Do physicists crack good jokes? And how many “grams” of laughter should there be in a scientific joke? Here's a special guide we compiled based on the recent Noble Talk by Andrey Sebrant, the strategic marketing director at Yandex, and Yakov Somov, a co-founder of Lectorium.

  21.10.2024

• Celebrate April Fool’s Day Like a Russian

  There's only one rule on April 1 in Russia – trust no one. It sounds friendlier in the original language – “Первое апреля – никому не верю” – but the fact remains: the tradition of pranking has remained strong for centuries. Whether you're looking for cringeworthy jokes to play on your friends or want to avoid getting caught off-guard yourself, dive into our story.

  01.04.2024

• ITMO Researchers Teach Neural Network to Tell Jokes

  Computers can outperform people in many fields – but, it seemed, not in the art of making jokes. ITMO University researchers decided to try and dispute this claim. This year, to celebrate April Fools’ Day they taught GPT-3, the world’s most powerful text-generating algorithm, to make jokes. Now anyone on the internet can test the results of their work. 

  01.04.2021