If you think laughter and comedy are reserved strictly for humans, you’d be wrong. A study in the late 1990s showed that ...

The veteran standup deconstructs the science of laughter before scrolling back to his youth and a 1970s brought pungently back to life ...

Everyone likes a good belly laugh from time to time, and science supports that feeling. Studies have shown that laughing is linked to our physical, emotional and mental well-being — even our ...

Dr. Robert Provine was studying nerve cells for eight hours a day in a windowless lab when he made a keen observation that would alter his life, and the shape of social science: I am getting tired of ...

The Saint Helena Forum for Innovation & Creativity will present a free virtual discussion about laughter at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 26. Doug Barr, board chair of the forum, will talk to biological ...

Feeling down? Ready to turn that frown upside down? Get ready to discover the incredible power of laughter that can transform your entire life – no jokes required! Laughter isn’t just a simple ...

After a lifetime of laughter, from being exposed to the cheek pinching and high-pitched squeals of grandparents as a baby to the armpit farts of elementary school to Key & Peele, we should all be ...

"The idea was that laughter was an external signal that can tell the group everything is OK, we can relax. (There is) no need to be anxious or threatened by what's happening around us. And so this ...