Maybe there is a tickle monster living underground or on a planet called Ticklelandia. And the people come to Earth and while we’re sleeping, they get in our mouths and live in our bodies. That’s why ...

The best holiday of the year is almost here (I’m talking about Halloween of course), and we can hardly contain our excitement. What’s the only thing that can make trick-or-treating, pumpkin carving, ...

Don’t try this at home, but tickling a gorilla, orangutan, bonobo or chimp can inspire bursts of grunting sounds. Yes, that’s laughter, says Marina Davila Ross of the University of Portsmouth in ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Rachel Feltman and Sarah Kaplan, The Washington Post Dear Science: Why do we only laugh when someone else tickles us? Why can’t I tickle myself? Your ...

Tickling is an intriguing sensation that operates beyond our control. It’s fascinating how laughter emerges involuntarily; our bodies react before our minds can even register the humor (Why Do We ...

Your article on the reasons why we laugh mentions several species of mammal that laugh, or at least produce laugh-like vocalisations. Unsurprisingly, bats weren’t mentioned. However, here at the Cape ...