I was sitting in my kitchen one day and made an attempt at being funny, but nobody laughed. My kids began to laugh when I bemoaned that nothing I say is funny. Perhaps ever since we began to emerge ...

When I was little, I tended to fall into bouts of uncontrollable laughter. Basically, once I started laughing, I found it very difficult to stop. The problem was particularly acute in contexts where I ...

Fortunately, a number of researchers have explored the topic of what infants find funny in depth. "Almost all babies are ...

The big thinkers at Aperture explore the science and psychology behind why humans laugh. I asked 3 restaurant pros to name the most annoying thing diners do—and they all said the same thing ...