If you take a moment to think back on the many different memes of the past, it’s very quickly apparent how swiftly things ...

LONDON — The clown dozes peacefully on the gallery floor, his flabby gut exposed. He wears a shiny red nose and an exaggerated grin. Yet there’s nothing terribly cheery about him; he’s a vision of ...

Laughter also has social value: it promotes unity, gets at truths, allows us to broach tough subjects. Research has even shown that people who make us laugh are more influential and easier to forgive.