Society

Flourishing is more than just being happy, and a new global study finds some countries are doing better than others when it comes to overall well-being.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

More female athletes believe it is fair (43%), rather than unfair (36%) for athletes with a DSD—difference in sex development—to be included in the female category for contact sports like rugby and non-contact sports reliant […]

What is the secret to happiness? Does happiness come from within, or is it shaped by external influences such as our jobs, health, relationships and material circumstances? A new study published in Nature Human Behavior […]

Young men growing up around parents who are physically violent to each other are 43% more likely to carry out violence or abuse in their own relationships, new research by the University of Bristol has […]

Temporarily deactivating Facebook or Instagram can improve emotional well-being, according to the largest experimental study on the effects of social media abstention conducted in partnership with Meta.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

An Asian American and lifelong liberal from the San Francisco Bay Area, I became a first-time gun owner as a 42-year-old in 2011. I began a now 14-year journey into an unfamiliar and complex world […]

What does it mean to live a good life? For centuries, philosophers, scientists and people of different cultures have tried to answer this question. Each tradition has a different take, but all agree: The good […]

Research from a University of Nottingham sociologist has revealed that “homosecular” assumptions can influence and shape the credibility of asylum-claim assessments for LGBTIQ+ claimants who identify with a religious faith.This article is brought to you […]

Many people around the world believe in karma—that idea that divine justice will punish people who do bad deeds and reward those who do good. But that belief plays out differently for oneself versus others, […]

Human populations need at least 2.7 children per woman—a much higher fertility rate than previously believed—to reliably avoid long-term extinction, according to a new study published in the open-access journal PLOS One by Takuya Okabe […]