(THE CONVERSATION) Amusement and pleasant surprises — and the laughter they can trigger — add texture to the fabric of daily life. Those giggles and guffaws can seem like just silly throwaways. But ...

Fantastic Fest has a reputation as one of the great genre film festivals in the world. It brings its patented brand of cult and schlock revelry year after year and debuts some of the most shocking, ...

It's a scenario many of us experienced before the COVID-19 pandemic: you're working from home, and you dial in to a conference call for the morning meeting. Everyone is cheerfully talking around the ...

Psychologists have long pondered the meaning of laughter, and more recently, they've asked what it tells us about the relationship between people. GREG BRYANT: Can people make accurate judgments about ...

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Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. It’s no secret that laughter works miracles. It stimulates and relaxes muscles, ...

Rabbi Bob Alper is on a mission to get people to laugh. With our economy crashing and hostility spiking, laughter, he says, “is absolutely critical.” So every morning, an email from Alper arrives in ...

Jeannine Luby, of Laugh to Live, uses laughter yoga and presentations filled with humor to offer uplifting and restorative programs to people of all ages and abilities. She aims to provide people with ...

A new study showed that laughter is a better indicator in determining friendships than even speech. Volunteers were able to pinpoint groups of friends versus strangers by listening to their laughter.