Public health experts need to be allowed to admit when they’re wrong—and share with the public what they are learning.

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A new book shares the many creative ways that people of all ages are living interdependently and getting support and ...

According to a new study, spoken conversations lead to more understanding, less conflict, and more openness to other opinions ...

Educators around the country are trying to foster belonging, classroom discussion, conflict resolution, and emotion ...

Can you feel alone in a crowd? Unloved in a decades-long marriage? Indeed, that’s often when loneliness strikes hardest: when you experience social connections and seemingly intimate relationships, ...

Intergenerational programs that connect young and old can help build health and well-being for everyone involved.

Psychologists have recently linked intellectual humility to a host of benefits: showing more persistence in the face of failure, holding less polarized beliefs and attitudes, and being received as ...

At a compassion education conference in 2018, Buddhist scholar Thupten Jinpa described new scientific evidence on the effectiveness and benefits of compassion training. Why, he asked, despite the ...

Everything changes when you try to understand why people believe what they believe, rather than trying to get them to agree ...

This year, for the first time ever, there are more people over 60 in the U.S. than under 18. That milestone has brought with it little celebration. Indeed, there are abundant concerns that America ...

American children have never been more exposed to politics. One in five TikTok users are children, and TikTok ranks as the most popular platform where users feel free to talk politics. Politicians ...