Humor from The New Yorker, including news satire by Andy Borowitz, funny cartoons and comics, Daily Shouts, and Shouts & ...

Prince Harry mentioned in his book that he watched Friends on a loop during the darkest times in his life. It became his go-to program as he navigated through his lonely life and post-traumatic stress ...

In my last three posts, I touched on nonverbal and verbal examples of formal humor. Here I continue exploring the verbal category by discussing two forms of humor prevalent in certain cultures: ...

Scroll down for a transcription of this episode. Humor can help us with stress, anxiety and feeling more connected to others. But is humor connected to mindfulness? And how can we find more of it? For ...

Humor is hard to execute, easier to get wrong and more difficult to measure in a short-term lens. But I’d argue that fear is ...

Humor serves important social functions, helping people of all ages to navigate difficult conversations, reduce tension and maintain connections. Our study found that older people who said they ...

Comedian Bill Maher was the guest of honor at the Kennedy Center on Sunday night. But President Donald Trump’s presence wasn’t far away. Just moments after Maher began to accept the prestigious Mark ...

As humans age, terrible things happen to us. Our muscles atrophy, our eyes deteriorate, we DVR every episode of “NCIS.” But there’s another often overlooked price of getting older: We start to lose ...

Humor doesn’t just sell—it sells well, and that’s no joke. There are any number of stats to validate it. Research from Oracle indicates that 90% of consumers are more likely to recall a product or ...

When asked to describe an ideal organizational leader, many people might be inclined to use quite serious adjectives such as solemn, determined or results-oriented. Yet one trait is not only often ...