Regulating Direct-to-Consumer Personal Genome Testing. Humour: it's genetic. Alice Bell recently did a very insightful article about the pros and cons of using humour in science, and referenced its growing popularity in online articles and blogs.
Whether a cause or effect, the success of Robin Ince and colleagues reveals that combining science and comedy is becoming increasingly popular practice. But how does one go about introducing science into comedy, rather than the other way round? And what do non-London-based scientists do if they want some live comedy aimed at them?
If they're desperate enough to trawl the internet for hours, they can contact me.
Vulgarisation.