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

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

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

A new study examines different ways of coping with stress to see what makes us feel better when we're struggling.

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 ...

When parents today need help, they have to actively seek it—and it seems that many don’t or can’t: In 2023, a third of parents reported high levels of stress in the past month compared to 20% of other ...

In a major study that included 17,000 people in a dozen countries—in Europe, the Pacific, and the Americas—researchers found overwhelming support for a balance of representation between men and women, ...