Research finds that most of the benefits of meditation don't depend on how long you meditate for. Instead, consistently ...

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Serbian activists share insights about how to practice sustainable resistance to authoritarian regimes in challenging ...

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Is social media harming my well-being? This is a question I often ask myself, wondering if I should keep using it or take a deliberate break from it. As someone who follows the science of well-being, ...

For years, philosophers and psychologists have debated whether empathy helps or hinders the ways people decide how to help others. Critics of empathy argue that it makes people care too ...

Almost every psychology student knows about Kitty Genovese, the 28-year-old Queens woman who was stabbed to death in 1964. At the time, the New York Times reported that no one had lifted a finger to ...

In the U.S. Federal court system, many important cases go through three-judge panels. The majority opinion of these panels carries the day, meaning that having a majority is crucial for one side or ...

A new study calls into question earlier research suggesting that people of higher socioeconomic status are less generous and more selfish than others. In the new study, researchers did their best to ...