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 ...

Prankster Anatoly gives his victims a false sense of superiority before turning the tables. Humbled by his strength, they ...

I have two sons still living at home. In brotherly exchanges, Jack, 14, is quite funny, but his mouth occasionally writes checks that his body can’t cash, for Finn, 16, has height and weight on him.

From the Department of Bizarre Anomalies: Microsoft has suppressed an unexplained anomaly on its network that was routing traffic destined to example.com—a domain reserved for testing purposes—to a ...

Humor is good for your health. By Jancee Dunn Not long ago, I went to my first Fungus Fest, a celebration of all things fungi hosted by the New Jersey Mycological Association. While I am not an avid ...

Carlie Irsay-Gordon's first offeason at the helm of the Colts will present significant questions, none of them small. Steph Chambers / Getty Images INDIANAPOLIS — The clocks in the most important ...

Update: A minibus spending package passed by the House of Representatives on January 8, 2026, effectively cancels the Mars Sample Return program by eliminating almost all funding for future missions.

The amount of noise The Row’s annual sample sale generated last weekend was perhaps antithetical to the brand’s ultimate quiet luxury status. But what else could be expected? The brand’s legions of ...

Monday marks the centenary of the birth of Art Buchwald, a famed humor columnist who died in 2007. He was the supreme political satirist of his age; admirers compared him to Will Rogers, even Mark ...

My daughter, Alice, is almost two, and quite funny. Although she can say short sentences—“I need cake!”—her humor isn’t particularly verbal. Instead, she giggles while stumbling around in grownup ...

In today’s high-pressure business environment, leadership demands more than operational excellence or strategic foresight. It requires emotional intelligence, authenticity and the ability to build ...