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It’s official: scientists aren’t funny. But it doesn’t have to be this way | Helen Pilcher

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It’s official: scientists aren’t funny. But it doesn’t have to be this way | Helen Pilcher

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It’s official: scientists aren’t funny. But it doesn’t have to be this way | Helen Pilcher

We found that, in both conditions, laughter levels failed to reach statistical significance. There was “cheapdate”, the gene that affects alcohol tolerance in fruit flies, or “indy” (short for “I’m not dead yet”), which affects life span. Nor did adults want to know that their “I’m not dead yet” gene was faulty.