“How to Build a Life” is a weekly column by Arthur Brooks, tackling questions of meaning and happiness. When I die, I want to go peacefully in my sleep, like my grandfather. Not screaming in terror, ...

Children with higher levels of general knowledge and verbal reasoning are better able to produce humor, new research carried out on Turkish schoolchildren suggests. The study also shows that the link ...

Young children's ability to laugh and make jokes has been mapped by age for the first time using data from a new study involving nearly 700 children from birth to 4 years of age, from around the world ...

Spoiler alert. This column runs the serious risk of not being politically correct. Just read or rip it up, but don’t send me emails telling me that I am an insensitive lout who doesn’t get it. It ...

I like those really corny jokes and sayings that you find on little pieces of paper or small objects. For some reason, they are always there when you need them. The jokes are written like they are ...

The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards recently shared the best entries they have received thus far for the 2021 competition, which is accepting entries until June 30 Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor ...

Damon Young — whose 2019 memoir “What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker” vaulted him to victory last Friday night, winning the 2020 Thurber Prize for American Humor — considers himself a professional ...

Senior copywriters Zoe Costello, left, with George, 4, a beagle mix and Will Storie, right, with Carl, 4, a pitbull lab mix, below, in a cubby at the BARK office. Stephen Yang When senior copywriter ...

We're on the eve of NFL training camp season, as the Dallas Cowboys and Pittsburgh Steelers are set to open camp Wednesday. This means that teams and fans alike are laying plans for the 2021 regular ...

It is about picking and choosing all that nurtures us. Are you having fun yet? Do you adore going through your hours? Seeing relatives? Working out? When I hear someone say thank G-d it’s Friday, I ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with comedian Josh Gondelman about incorporating the coronavirus pandemic into sets as comedy clubs open up. COVID is serious business. Comedy is a business that's supposed to ...