This post is written by Apoorva Thakur, junior research assistant at the Department of Psychology, Monk Prayogshala, Mumbai, India. Humor, specifically political humor, serves a purpose. It can be ...

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At UWM, the Center for Gravitation, Cosmology and Astrophysics is committed to two things: science research and public ...

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