Remember the last time a text actually made you laugh so hard you had to show someone? That’s the magic of modern messaging.

Turns out, all those belly laughs were doing something real.

March 19 puts National Let’s Laugh Day on the calendar and challenges Americans to take laughter seriously. In the middle of packed schedules and nonstop ... Read moreThe post Health ...

WASHINGTON — So a scientist walks into a shopping mall to watch people laugh. There's no punchline. Laughter is a serious scientific subject, one that researchers are still trying to figure out.

Everyone likes a good belly laugh from time to time, and science supports that feeling.Studies have shown that laughing is linked to our physical, emotional and mental well-being — even our ...

My husband, Don, likes to say that he needs to laugh every day (but only cry once or twice a year). I appreciate and admire his good nature, and I’m sure his ability to see the humor in life helps him ...

Michael Krasny's new book is called Let There Be Laughter. He tells NPR's Scott Simon about this treasury of great Jewish jokes, and why they matter. Michael Krasny joins us now from his studios at ...