Researchers are exploring what epidemiology—the science of how disease spreads—might teach us about spreading compassion.

A new book investigates how the U.S. criminal justice system targets survivors of domestic violence to prosecute them for ...

A teen girl approaches her parents with a grievance: She believes she is treated unfairly. “I feel like you’re giving my older brother much more privileges. It’s not just my age, I feel like you trust ...

A major driver of age-related health decline is inflammation. Inflammation is our immune system’s response to injury, ...

When "the Compassion Guy" was killed, his sister was presented with the ultimate test of forgiveness and compassion.

Confronting your unmet expectations can clarify what matters to you, strengthen your resilience, and spark creativity.

Even amid the roughest of backdrops, progress continues. This year brought the world not only several high-profile setbacks—from democratic backsliding in the United States to war in the Middle ...

Sometimes, the things we can do for our happiness are small and easy: getting a little sun, saying thank you, lending a hand. Other times, they take a little more practice and work. That’s the case ...

Every generation of teens is shaped by the social, political, and economic events of the day. Today’s teenagers are no different—and they’re the first generation whose lives are saturated by mobile ...

A great deal of research has shown that gratitude helps us to initiate, maintain, and strengthen our relationships. Gratitude may make our romantic relationships closer and more satisfying, encourage ...

Humans have long intuited that being in nature is good for the mind and body. From indigenous adolescents completing rites of passage in the wild, to modern East Asian cultures taking “forest baths,” ...