When it comes to relieving stress, more giggles and guffaws are just what the doctor ordered. Whether you’re guffawing at a sitcom on TV or quietly giggling at a newspaper cartoon, laughing does you ...

When thinking about New Yorker cartoons, I don’t think the word “offensive” often comes to mind. Or at least to most minds. But offensiveness, like love, is in the eye of the beholder, and there are ...

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 ...

Gigglebug, a newly released iPad app from Finland, uses infectious laughter to encourage social play among children. Through touching and swiping the screen, players can tickle various 2D animated ...

Intuitively we know humor helps us cope. Trust your instinct on this one, and you’ll be following the science that supports it. Of course, many challenging issues require your attention, but hopefully ...

Each week, The New Yorker's cartoon editor, Robert Mankoff, judges his fellow cartoonists from on high. He's in a - maybe he sits on a comically exaggerated high horse, it's hard to say - but no man ...

Gorillaz, the animated band, burst on the scene 25 years ago. NPR's Juana Summers talks to musician Damon Albarn and artist Jamie Hewlett, the band's creators, about how it has evolved.

“Over the Hedge” (DreamWorks): In a year loaded with cute little talking cartoon characters, this comedy featuring the voices of Bruce Willis, Garry Shandling and Steve Carell was one of the top hits.

Have you ever wondered why I always start my newsletter with that salutation? Well, wonder no more. It’s because “laughter lover” is the English translation of philogelos, the Greek word that serves ...

Art Young, Henry Glintenkamp and their colleagues at “The Masses” were eventually acquitted, but this WWI-era victory for freedom of the press was dampened when the Postal Service shut down the ...