My husband, Don, likes to say that he needs to laugh every day (but only cry once or twice a year). I appreciate and admire his good nature, and I’m sure his ability to see the humor in life helps him ...

The internet has a bit of a love-hate relationship with TikTok. However, you can't deny the comments and screengrabs can be weirdly entertaining.

(via TEDEd) Isn’t it odd that, when something’s funny, you might show your teeth, change your breathing, become weak and achy in some places, and maybe even cry? In other words, why do we do this ...

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 ...

The "mutual vulnerability theory" I have been promoting in this blog series defines laughter as a vocal affirmation of mutual vulnerability. In the previous posts, in order to account for the ...

It's no secret that sometimes life gets the better of us and we need a little pick-me-up. No matter if it's an especially bad day at work, the kids are acting out, or something else entirely, ...

Cats are weird little guys, and that’s exactly why we love them. One minute they’re loafing in the sun, the next they’re speed-running across your kitchen for no reason. These funny cat memes capture ...

Laughaste is a hilarious yoga routine she created that is a descendant of "laughter clubs" that emerged in India in the 1990s ...

Critically reviled. Hopelessly dated. Forever near extinction. Yet in a TV landscape full of brutally realistic hits, sitcoms with background laughter are not only still popular, but have become ...