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There's a link between dark personality traits and breaches of battlefield ethics.
Success is about give and take — with a little more give.
The golden rule of self-compassion: Treat yourself with the same kindness you treat others.
To do more, it sometimes pays to do nothing at all.
Without the time to mentally disengage from work, people can slip into burnout.
Kids are fragile. They should trust their feelings. The world is a battle between good and evil. We should stop repeating these untruths.
For Buddhists, the “Four Noble Truths” offer a path to lasting happiness.
Hundreds of these cannabis-related chemicals now exist, both natural and synthetic, inspiring researchers in search of medical breakthroughs.
Forgetfulness isn't always a "glitch" in our memories; it can be a tool to help us make sense of the present and plan for the future.
A toxicologist explains the impacts of antidepressants on fish — and no, they're not getting any happier.
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Humans are musical animals four million years in the making, explained by music expert Michael Spitzer.
Researchers watched for signs of withdrawal — but didn't find any.
It is estimated that as many as 488 million people worldwide were exposed to dangerously long working hours in 2016.
When we don't find ways to relieve chronic stress, personal burnout is the likely consequence.
Has the "age of psychopharmacology” shrunk society’s sense of responsibility for mental health?
Millennials are reversing a 40-year decline in stroke deaths.
It may be possible to give people the tools to withstand difficulty before it attaches to them.
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“What you pay attention to, is your life.” Where do you place precious brain resources?
John Templeton Foundation
People engage in creative thinking every day, whether they realize it or not.
Harvard psychiatrist Robert Waldinger discusses how 80 years of ongoing research show relationships to be vital for health and happiness.
You don’t have to “feel the burn” to see improvements to your health and well-being.
When you can't enter flow, you can still lean on your internal rhythm.
"Jumping genes" exist in various forms, including as remnants of ancient retroviruses, and make up about 45% of the human genome.
When boredom creeps in, many of us turn to social media. But that may be preventing us from reaching a transformative level of boredom.
The majority of children who stutter will spontaneously recover from it without intervention, but some 20% of people do not.
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Male inequality — the enormous cultural shift happening right under our nose.
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Deep secrets don’t explode. They do something worse, explains Michael Slepian.
They could also "turn off" their fear.
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