9 h. ago Cracker jokes and custard chemistry: ways to smuggle science into Christmas

Researchers share the easy ways to uncover moments of festive discovery, proving you don’t need a lab coat to experiment this ChristmasChristmas may seem like a time for switching off and suspending disbelief but there are plenty of ways to introduce a little science into the celebrations.We asked experts for their top home experiments to challenge friends and family. Continue reading...

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43 h. ago That's a real cracker! Pull the other one... Gyles Brandreth picks the best cracker joke of the year

We asked self-proclaimed 'Christmas cracker obsessive' Gyles Brandreth to pick his favourite out of six supermarket boxes.

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9 d. ago Former Prince Andrew is butt of the year’s best Christmas cracker joke

Two Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor gags make top 10 of public vote, along with jokes about Oasis and Nigel FarageIt’s safe to say it’s been a very bad year for the former Prince Andrew. Already stripped of his title and privileges, he is rounding off the year by becoming the punchline of the year’s most popular Christmas cracker joke.The annual competition is commissioned by the comedy channel U&Gold (formerly Comedy Gold) and decided by the British public. It usually produces a topical winner that sends up one of the biggest stories of the year. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago The Celebrity Traitors and Oasis feature in this year’s best cracker jokes

In the crackers given to the winners are the top six jokes in the competition.

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2 w. ago The tiny detail that proves an animal has been illegally smuggled

New research suggests there might be a way to determine where an animal came from with scientific confidence

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3 w. ago Still Game and Two Doors Down icons create jokes for Tennent's Christmas crackers

Research has found that only 10 per cent of Scots find Christmas cracker jokes funny.

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