For many older people, humor can be a lifeline. It's not easy to discuss the challenges of aging—from loneliness and the loss of a loved one to dealing with chronic pain. But laughter can be an ...

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 ...

Today we're talking humor and maybe when those jokes don't get as many laughs. Before you tell a joke, you get a sense of whether it's mean spirited. And yet, you say it anyway. Many people will veil ...

NPR's Sacha Pfieffer speaks to comedian Chris Duffy about his new book, "Humor Me." In it, he explores how laughing can be therapeutic and argues that humor can be taught, lost and regained. Chris ...

If you need any more evidence that humor has become a minefield through which only the most sure-footed should venture, the recent case of PewDiePie, clown prince of YouTube, should provide final ...

It’s not so much about older people losing their sense of humour, as about changes in how they can use and enjoy it.