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A YouTube clip sparks laughter from the Queen during her visit to the London offices of internet giant Google.
The BBC's Arlene Gregorius explores how laughter and humour helps humans cope with the strains of the credit crunch.
A student aims to raise awareness of a condition which could paralyse her if she laughs.
Laughter and what different nations find funny are the subject of a new exhibition at London's Hayward Gallery.
The basis for laughter may have originated in an ancient primate ancestral to both humans and modern apes, a study suggests.
Gordon Brown is in danger of becoming a figure of fun, says the BBC's John Pienaar.
Write us a poem or use the written word to creatively describe what noise pollution means to you.
Fitter, happier, always take a bag to the shop, never talk too loudly on the train... too few people change their ways, but can technology make us behave, asks Clive James.
The scattering of ashes is a deeply personal ceremony but even in such moments of grief there can be laughter, as Gillian Cox reveals in our Readers' Column.
Giggling for just 15 minutes a day burns calories and promotes weight loss, research shows.
BBC Scotland's Will McLeish talks about his disturbing experience in Kiev
The Birmingham accent, long the butt of jokes from elsewhere, is deemed the funniest for jokes by researchers.
The BBC's Charles Haviland meets the cartoonist unafraid to ridicule both authorities and Maoists.
Speakers from across Europe debate the health benefits of humour at a conference in Liverpool.
The mayor of Liverpool invites some of the city's comedians to a lunch to mark its comic heritage.
Two of Scotland's top comedians get on the buses to bring laughter to commuters.
A laughter clinic in Merseyside teaches people how to laugh their way to a healthier life.
More than half of people with asthma say their symptoms can be triggered by laughter.
A ripple of laughter spread throughout Labour's business launch this morning, writes Mark Mardell.
More laughter at the British Chamber of Commerce when the president, Bill Midgley, quoted Oscar Wilde, writes Guto Harri.
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