Youth sports has an attrition problem. "We do a tremendous job at getting kids involved," sport scientist Amanda Visek says. "We do a terrible job at keeping them." The absence of "fun" is often cited ...

Everyone loves — and needs — a laugh. And anyone who has ever heard a child chuckle knows there is no better sound that exists. So, it’s natural for you to want to instigate the giggles as much as ...

Ms. Bennett is a contributing editor in Opinion who writes on gender, politics and culture. I did something called survival camp as a teenager, an entirely voluntary activity, ostensibly for fun.

Every section of the newspaper has its devotees, whether it is the people who scan the letters to the editor religiously or those who argue about the sports coverage. Our readers are engaged with each ...

NPR's Andrew Limbong speaks with Catherine Price, author of The Power of Fun, about why it can be so difficult for adults to have fun and how people can find ways to incorporate fun into their life.

Let’s be real: There is a never-ending list of funny questions to ask someone. In a world where everyone’s humor is a tad different than the person’s sitting next to them, you never quite know what is ...

The staff book critics of The New York Times selected 22 of their favorite comic novels in English since “Catch-22.” What would top your list? By Dwight Garner Alexandra Jacobs and Jennifer Szalai A ...

Summer of 2021 has officially started with heightened hopes of returning to normalcy—waterparks have re-opened, mini carnivals are sprouting up in neighborhoods, and several cruise lines are now ...

A reporter walks into a bar. Except, it’s not a bar; it’s a basement comedy club in Clifton. And there’s no bartender serving corny one-liners; it’s a group of women serving actually funny punchlines.