With science increasingly coming under attack, using humour as a way to get people interested in scientific research is more important than ever, the founder of the satirical Ig Nobel prizes said. But ...

The symptoms: The woman visited a clinic because she had long experienced bursts of uncontrollable laughter, which doctors described as "mirthless" in a report of her case. According to the patient, ...

A review by researchers from the University of Birmingham and the University of Oxford in the UK has found that controlled doses of laughing gas (or nitrous oxide) really can provide quick-acting ...