In this generation and age, humor and banter seem to be sadly rare in everyday communication. This commentary provides an ...

Over the holidays my family and I took a long road trip. To help make this long trip more enjoyable, we decided to listen to stand-up comedy. We heard sets by Patton Oswald, Pete Holmes, and Dave ...

A new cross-cultural study reveals that people living in societies with strict social norms are less skilled at creating humor. This suggests that comedic ability is heavily shaped by our cultural ...

One of my mottos is to “laugh through life.” I believe this stemmed from being raised in a large, very loud, funny family. Naturally, then, humor always appeared to be a “go to” method for me when ...