A South Carolina man convicted in a double murder in 2002 died Friday by firing squad, marking the first time that execution ...

Few things are as heartwarming as hearing a baby's first laugh. I’ve experienced that moment with four children of my own, and that tiny, infectious sound isn’t just a special memory ...

Though it may seem like a paradox, children do not laugh for joy. Scientific studies, including my own, show that there is something much deeper than joy or mirth in a child’s laughter.

Imagine the weight of that knowledge, the awareness that the child laughing beside them on the swings is not just a friend, but a biological relative. The child is placed in an impossible ...

says Professor Vasu Reddy, an expert in child humour from the University of Portsmouth. We laugh and play together because it’s fun; it makes for happiness, contentment and feels good.

Dr Caspar Addyman is an expert on babies' laughter. Hearing your little laugh is one of the best sounds in the world. But as well as being extremely infectious – did you know that their laughter ...

Times are so different than before. “You don’t hear children laughing or children’s voices in this village,” she explained. Elsewhere, Liudyla Reka will know that noise only too well.

If you’re at least 18 years old, have a stable source of income and room in your heart, you may be a perfect match to adopt a waiting child. Adoptive parents can be single, married or partnered ...