Why laughter is the best medicine

Many parents worry that their children spend too much time on screens. Governments around the world, such as in the UK, Australia and China, are introducing online safety measures to limit the amount of screen time for children or prevent them accessing social media. Neil and Bec ...  Show more

What was the last thing you bought? And can you remember why you bought that particular thing, rather than something else? We all like to think we make rational, independent choices when we buy things, but advertisers are constantly trying different strategies to influence us to ...  Show more

A "joke" is a funny comment or short story that is supposed to make people laugh. Do you know any good jokes?

Today's lesson will teach you some useful English <a href="https://www.espressoenglish.net/english-vocabulary-for-joking-and-humor/" target="_blank" rel=" ...

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Hahaha! The average four-year-old child laughs 300 times a day. By contrast, it takes more than two months for the average 40-year-old adult to laugh that many times. This week, we talk with behavioral scientist <a href="https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/faculty/je ...

Does the expression 'it's a joke' mean something funny? Find out more in this week's The English We Speak.