Science

The Happiness Booth

In Los Angeles and Dubai, two very different technologies are attempting to do the same thing: figure out how happy you are.

News & Trends

Happier Students Make the Grade

A new study out of Harvard University shows that if students are happy, they get better grades—and not just the other way around.

News & Trends

Is Facebook Making Us Depressed?

Shocking new study states that comparing yourself to friends on Facebook and other social media may cause depression—or at least “vacation envy.” The solution may surprise you!

Positive Psychology

Does Reading Fiction Make Us Nicer?

Does reading fiction make us nicer people? Some studies say it increases compassion by making us make an empathetic leap.

Positive Psychology

The president of the International Positive Education Netowork (IPEN), Sir Anthony Seldon has a new book about happiness and new ideas for how to teach character and not just academics in the classroom.

$The secret formula for happiness.$

News & Trends

The Magic Formula for Happiness

Researchers from University College London have come up with a mathematical equation to determine happiness. What’s more, they’ve gamified it with an app that lets the world at large participate in their experiment.

Positive Psychology

The Power of Passion

From Billboard music charts to blockbuster films, popular culture perpetuates this notion that true love is an uncontrollable feeling of being “swept away.”

News & Trends

Frequent Sex Not Always Linked to Happiness

Our culture holds the general belief, backed up by self-help books, that sex within a committed relationship will make you happy and healthy—and the more the better. A new study by Carnegie Mellon University researchers shows that frequency may not be the answer.