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What better way to understand the world around us than through jokes?

And after these 10 surprising maps, the Alpine republic will never look the same again.

Here’s a simple method for finding out whether those shouts are good-natured or not.

How to actually help a person who’s ill? Don’t be afraid to be funny, says Jeannie Gaffigan.

Film critic A.O. Scott on how to be more constructive in your criticisms.

There are several levels of comedy plagiarism, says Paul F. Tompkins.

Laughing is so contagious that we often forget how subjective humor is.

“It’s just a joke,” right?

When it comes to making others laugh, you have to help them observe an absurd fact of life with you.

Here’s how a pear-sized tumor on Jeannie Gaffigan’s brain stem became an unexpected comedy gold mine.

Setting a simple intention and coming prepared can help you — and those around you — win big.

It shows Europe divided into two bafflingly unfamiliar blocs – what do red and blue stand for?

This parody documentary skewers both the skeptic and the superstitious, and accurately shows what issues skeptics face.

Postmodernists like to question the very foundations of our modern society. Does this make them anti-science?

We tend to treat death and dying as a somber and serious event, but what if it doesn’t have to be that way?

What an academic sting on humanities journals really means to the rest of us. And to academia.

A religious person without a sense of humor? That’s a dangerous combination.

Scott Aukerman, the co-founder of ‘Between Two Ferns’, developed humor early on as a way disarm bullies. He knows from experience that, in comedy, your intentions really matter.