A new study suggests that even across cultures, there is a lot of similarity in where humans find purpose in life and how it ...

After 40 years studying forgiveness, Robert Enright explores how we define it and why people are skeptical about it.

Our monthly Happiness Calendar is a day-by-day guide to well-being. This month, we’re offering a special Happiness & ...

National pride in the U.S. is at a record low. Researchers and experts explore if there is a place for patriotism in ...

Can helping others make us healthier? When scientists scanned the brains of people who donated money to charity, they found something surprising: Giving activated the same reward pathways as personal ...

But, as new research suggests, forgiveness doesn’t work like that. Instead, when we forgive, our memories are as intact as those of someone who hasn’t forgiven, and only our suffering in the present ...

Researchers have found that the type of sleep most apt to calm and reset the anxious brain is deep sleep, also known as non-rapid eye movement (NREM) slow-wave sleep, a state in which neural ...

A new book examines how to combat the disinformation, propaganda, and violent threats online that are undermining U.S.

A new book explores strategies for child-rearing amid global violence, a warming world, social media overload, and other ...

A new study looks at what happens when people learn about the climate impact of behaviors like recycling, biking, and eating ...