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Cat Videos Help Us Lick the Blues

And you thought your coworkers were just being silly and wasting time. Turns out they were instilling positive emotions throughout the office! Yes, an Indiana University researcher has discovered that watching cat videos is actually good for us.

B Corps are changing the way we do business

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B the Change

Businesses have a tremendous impact on our lives, as owners, employees, consumers and community members, and now B Corps are using that power to solve social and environmental problems.

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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.

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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.

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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!

$The secret formula for happiness.$

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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.

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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.