Humor is such an important source of happiness and well-being that you’d think its definition would generally be agreed upon. In fact, this has not been case. Even laughter and humor researchers tend ...

Allie Volpe is a correspondent at Vox covering mental health, relationships, wellness, money, home life, and work through the lens of meaningful self-improvement. To find mirth in the world is to be ...

The story of using quantum theory to analyse humor is interesting, in a funny way. The University of British Columbia is trying to “decode the complexity of humor”. The findings from research include ...

With comedy, timing can often be everything—but it isn’t the only thing that makes a joke land. Slapstick, camp, and satire all have their place in the comedic landscape and require different skills ...