Can't stop laughing at the wrong time? Research shows your go-to strategy doesn't work, especially when others are laughing.

We've just had World Laughter Day. Nope, not the day everyone was going around saying "May the Fourth Be With You" - although that was obviously absolutely hilair. It was the day BEFORE Star Wars Day.

What is it that really makes us laugh? To find out, New Scientist visited Laughter Lab, an exhibition and social experiment at London’s Cartoon Museum. Showcasing a wide selection of cartoonists from ...

All laughs are not created equal in listeners' ears. New research shows that people respond the most positively to vowel-like bursts issued from an open mouth – the types of loud "ha-has" heard on the ...

Babies understand a lot more about what’s going on between adults than they get credit for, and new research suggests they can even tell whether you’re actually friends with someone — or just acting ...

Finnish and British researchers have revealed how laughter releases endorphins in the human brain. The more opioid receptors the participants had in their brain, the more they laughed during the ...