The monstrously successful HBO series Game of Thrones famously tossed out a lot of good-and-evil fantasy tropes to tell a ...

Klara and the Sun, the film adaptation of the Kazuo Ishiguro novel coming out this week, explores what it means to love, care ...

Hunter‑gatherer societies are often put on a pedestal as paragons of equality—but the reality is more complicated.

Why can’t we pull our attention away from a traffic accident or stop watching news about the latest viral outbreak? Why are we waylaid by criticism or unable to get past a minor snub from our best ...

Knowledge workers such as scientists, teachers, lawyers, and business leaders are increasingly using generative artificial ...

A new book shows how parents can help kids become emotionally mature so they can live happier, more successful lives.

Why should anyone thank you for just doing your job? And why should you ever thank your coworkers for doing what they’re paid to do? These are common questions in American workplaces, often posed ...

Starting 15 years ago, scientists have been studying the complex and mysterious emotion called awe—one you might have felt if you’ve stood in front of the Taj Mahal, hiked among towering redwoods, or ...

Rest has a bad rap in our culture. Most of us think about rest as merely the absence of work—not something valuable in its own right. Sometimes, it’s even equated with laziness. But nothing could be ...

My 10-year-old son came to me recently with a question about black holes. Not in the way children usually do, restless and easily redirected, but with the focused intensity of someone who had already ...

Over the past two decades, much of the research on happiness can be boiled down to one main prescription: give thanks. Across hundreds of studies, practicing gratitude has been found to increase ...

Research has shown that gratitude plays a major role in an adult’s well-being and success, but there has been little corresponding research addressing its development and enhancement in children’s ...