Science Is Dry, Obscure, Complex? Well, It Makes For Great Comedy

SONIA WEISER, NY Times: Science
Fri, 11/17/2017 - 4:47am

In podcasts and live shows, comedians are extracting the funny from astronomy, climate change and even the physics behind urinal cakes.

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