Society

To be talked about or to be ignored, which is better? It’s not a Shakespearean question, but one that a research team led by a University of Mississippi professor wanted to answer.This article is brought […]

Many people spend their 20s and 30s figuring out who they are and building a life as an independent adult. At the same time, society often tells them they should be looking for love, settling […]

Government coalition partners National and Act are at odds over proposed restrictions on social media use by New Zealanders aged 16 and under.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

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 […]