Lois Peacock had never heard of the term “live apart together” when she and her husband of 58 years, Gordon, decided to spend part of every week separately—she in their San Francisco home and he in ...

What does it actually take to put people over politics? Republican and Democrat students discover ways to resist the pull to ...

It’s true that male chimpanzees form typically linear dominance relationships, where one submits to another, all the way to ...

We talk with neuroscientist Antonio Damasio about the science of consciousness, how it works in the body, and how it aims to ...

Can we create spaces where everyone’s voice matters? Equipped with patience, courage, and curiosity, students meet for the ...

A new book examines how modern suicide epidemics are being caused by changes in our social lives and societies.

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But if we decide to practice more kindness, are all types of kind acts equally rewarding? Would helping out a family member boost our happiness more or less than volunteering among strangers? A new ...

Educators from our community share their favorite strategies for bringing joy into their school or classroom at the beginning ...

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 ...

The Greater Good Science Center studies the psychology, sociology, and neuroscience of well-being and teaches skills that ...

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 ...