humor

Africa is a sleeping giant -- I'm trying to wake it up

An honest history of an ancient and "nasty" word

Dictators hate political cartoons -- so I keep drawing them

A free world needs satire

The perks of being a pirate

The health benefits of clowning around

What I learned from writing jokes for The Onion

"Stumbling towards intimacy": An improvised TED Talk

Three ideas. Three contradictions. Or not.

The story of Marvel's first queer Latina superhero

My journey to thank all the people responsible for my morning coffee

How I made friends with reality

How I became part sea urchin

You are fluent in this language (and don't even know it)

The search for "aha!" moments

A pro wrestler's guide to confidence

How to care less and live more

The stories behind The New Yorker's iconic covers

Ideas worth dating

My love letter to cosplay

Who are you, really? The puzzle of personality

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator

A highly scientific taxonomy of haters

Why I keep speaking up, even when people mock my accent

Machines need an algorithm for humor. This is what it looks like

What we learn from insects' sex lives

A hilarious celebration of lifelong female friendship

Why city flags may be the worst-designed thing you've never noticed

Why we laugh

One woman, five characters, and a sex lesson from the future

Math is forever

A science award that makes you laugh, then think

Please, please, people. Let's put the 'awe' back in 'awesome'

I'm not your inspiration, thank you very much

It's TED, the Musical

The Museum of Four in the Morning