How The Start Of High School Doesn't Have To Be Stressful
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Up to two-thirds of students experience ‘ninth grade shock,’ which can affect everything from grades to mental health.
Why You Shouldn't Worry About Feeling Sad
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In a Twitter account called So Sad Today, the American writer Melissa Broder has been sending out snippets of her daily…
How Homeless Women Have Little Choice But To Use Sex For Survival
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Women comprise 42% of Australia’s homeless population. Not only do many women become homeless due to family violence,…
Negative Love: Repeating Parental Behaviors
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One emotion holding many of us back is negative love: our tendency to repeat the behaviors we used to win our parents’…
You May Be Surprised To Learn That It’s Not Just Food That Is Making Us Fat
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Today, nearly 40 percent of U.S. adults and 21 percent of youth are obese. This trend is on the upswing and the…
This Solar-Powered Still Can Make Fresh Water From Salty Water
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Local people collect water from a muddy waterhole in 2006 in San Marcos Tlacoyalco. The Tehuacan Valley South-East of…
Are They Watching You? Bees And Wasps Can Recognize Your Face
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Recognizing faces is essential for how we interact in complex societies, and is often thought to be an ability that…
Should I Get Tested For Alzheimer's Risk?
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Genetic testing is available to people who want to know if they carry a variant of a gene that confers susceptibility…
What Happened When Walmart Tried To Make Sustainability Affordable
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For Lee Scott, who ran Walmart from 2000 to 2009, the arrival of his granddaughter not only convinced him the threat of…
The Meaning of Monday: The Artificial Walling Off of Time
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Research shows that you are more likely to die from a heart attack or stroke on Monday morning than any other time of…
Horoscope Current Week: August 13 to 19, 2018
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This weekly astrological journal is based on planetary influences, and offers perspectives and insights to assist you…
Where Do We Go Between Births?
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Where do we go between births? One can look at this a different way and see birth as a death—a dying to the world of…
How Antidepressants Are Changing Animals' Behavior
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New research shows that female starlings fed food spiked with the antidepressant fluxoxetine (Prozac), were less…
Baby Boomers Are Divorcing For Surprisingly Old-fashioned Reasons
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A grey divorce is simply a divorce that occurs at or after the age of 50. Even though the divorce rate across all age…
Healing Dreams and Dreamwork For Grief And Loss
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In a 2016 New York Times article, “A New Vision for Dreams of the Dying,” the work of neurobiologist Dr. Christopher…
Poverty's Impact On Well-being Is Hard To Ignore
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Life expectancy in the UK varies dramatically depending on where you live. As a recent BBC Panorama investigation…
Why Dieting After Birth Can Make A New Mother's Self Esteem Worse
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Your body has just performed an amazing feat. Be kind to it.
How To Improve Farm Safety For Kids
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Agriculture is rated among the most dangerous industries by the International Labour Organization, and not just for…
How to Grow the Love In Your Relationships
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A relationship is something to appreciate. A relationship allows you to share experiences. It lets you see yourself…
Can Words Cause Cancer and Can Fear Accelerate Death?
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Is it possible that people who are diagnosed with cancer die of a sophisticated form of voodoo? Does the victim's…
Why Drunk College Students Go For Salty, Greasy Food
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After a night of heavy drinking, college students often get a case of the “drunchies”—drunk munchies—where only fatty,…
Living Is A Messy Business: Emotional and Physical Pain
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Science is rapidly proving that the mind, brain, and body are tightly linked. Though emotional and physical pain…
How Moral Outrage Online Can Backfire Big Time
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When outcry against offensive behavior on social media goes viral, people may see those challenging the behavior less…
Why Online Daters Seek Someone Out Of Their League
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The majority of people who are online dating seek out partners who are more desirable than themselves, new research…
What I Learned From Facing Pain
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By facing pain, listening to it, and allowing it the room it was demanding anyway, my body began to relax a bit around…
How New Fathers Use Social Media To Make Sense Of Their Roles
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What dads do online helps them navigate gender roles as society changes.
Why Life Is Not a Race You'd Want To Win
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Before I met my wife I was always rushing; rushing to get to the store, rushing to reach my goals, rushing through life…
Final Words of the Dying: Hearing Is Healing
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The awe-filled exclamation of Apple’s Steve Jobs — “Oh, wow! Oh, wow! Oh, wow!” — is an example of the intensified…
Does Rudeness Have A Legitimate Place In Politics?
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We live in an age of rude politicians. In the US, Donald Trump has periodically monopolised the headlines since 2015…
Ageing In Human Cells Was Successfully Reversed In The Lab
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The ability to reverse ageing is something many people would hope to see in their lifetime.
An Orca Mother Grieves: Tahlequah and her Calf
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Tahlequah made headlines around the world as she carried the body of her dead calf at the surface of the water,…
How Happiness Helps Everything Be Better
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World Cup football teams with a higher proportion of players smiling in their official portraits have scored more goals…
Egg Freezing: The Reality Of Putting Your Fertility On Ice
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When people think of women freezing their eggs, it’s often seen as something to do if you want to get ahead in your…
Crossing The Threshold of Change by Being Willing to Change
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By the time my patients pick up the phone to make an appointment with me -- or to call any healer, for that matter --…
The Doorway to a Healthy Mind in a Healthy Body
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Illness can be the doorway to health. Whether the illness originates in the mind, body, spirit, or environment, we have…
Stroke, Cancer And Other Chronic Diseases More Likely For Those With Poor Mental Health
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A new report out today from the Australian Health Policy Collaboration has found these four million Australians are at…
Who Are The Sikhs And What Are Their Beliefs?
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New Jersey’s first Sikh attorney general, Gurbir Singh Grewal, was a target of disparaging remarks recently.
Is It Good For You To Be Good?
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There are physical, emotional, mental and even business benefits to being virtuous, kind and acting with integrity.
How Ancient Cultures Explained Comets And Meteors
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Comets and meteors have fascinated the human race since they were first spotted in the night sky. But without science…
How Safe Is Vaping?
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A survey of adolescents carried out by researchers at Coventry University has shown that than less than half of…
Farmers Are Drawing Groundwater From The Giant Ogallala Aquifer Faster Than Nature Replaces It
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Every summer the U.S. Central Plains go dry, leading farmers to tap into groundwater to irrigate sorghum, soy, cotton,…
Finding Reasons to Feel Good: Is There Another Way To View This Situation?
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Have you ever suddenly and inexplicably felt depressed or irritable when just moments before you'd felt fine? That…
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