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Why Our Pursuit of Happiness May Be Flawed
It is an emotion linked to improved health and well-being, but is our obsession with being happy a recipe for disappointment, asks Nat Rutherford.
It is an emotion linked to improved health and well-being, but is our obsession with being happy a recipe for disappointment, asks Nat Rutherford.
Does your friendship have to end or can it change instead?
There are more and more ways to monitor our heart rates, but what do the numbers really mean? Here is everything you need to know.
With the right approach, and a little hard work, you can do what you love and earn a living at the same time.
So many food blogs and recipe sites are full of pretty pictures but untested recipes. Don’t worry, it’s possible to find something you’ll love to cook and eat.
What should you do, asks Anisa Subedar, when a persistent pussycat in the neighbourhood decides to adopt you?
The researchers behind the original “happiness pie chart” share what they’ve learned in the past 15 years.
The real genius in the Nobel Prize-winning discovery is not who you think it is.
Wading into the intriguing research on choosing a mate.
Computer simulations and custom-built quantum analogues are changing what it means to search for the laws of nature.
What is the key to creativity, and how does it help our mental health? Beverley D’Silva speaks to author Julia Cameron and others about ’flow’, fear and curiosity.
A hot bath burns calories, helps control blood sugar and keeps your blood vessels healthy. What’s not to like?
From bad bosses to gossipy colleagues and, of course, office refrigerator drama.
…and why it needs to change.
The tragic passing of ‘Cosby Show’ star Malcolm-Jamal Warner, 80's wrestling legend Hulk Hogan and heavy-metal icon Ozzy Osbourne bring on a generation’s old familiar feeling: doom.
The Michigan congresswoman is again recounting her childhood experiences as funding to combat domestic violence is under threat.
Now that the fastest marathoner in history, Ruth Chepngetich, has been caught, is it time to give up and let athletes dope?
From "wandering wombs" to modern biases, the troubling politics of hysterectomies
Humans have a long history of diving to forage from the seabed and today elite freedivers are reaching greater depths than ever. Some researchers argue humans belong in the sea.
An epic fable about two young Indian writers. A dark comedy about a loner who gets a job as a chauffeur for the mega-rich.
Everything you need to know about choosing an affordable shampoo without sacrificing hair health.
Did you know wasps switch from ham to jam foraging during the late summer?
Artists such as Rembrandt, the Pre-Raphaelites and Georgian caricaturists used their craft to examine the morality and ramifications of adulterous affairs.
American listeners don’t want to party; they just want a break.
Employees are pressured to use AI at work, but the rules for using it are still being written, creating an environment ripe for mistakes.
So that’s how the most monstrous of all black holes came to exist.
Hitting on a player late in drafts can be a big boost -- to your team and your ego. Here are six “fliers” you need to be considering.
Learn more about the prebiotic molecules who’s origins come from deep space.
Why bake a pie when you can make a rustic, freeform galette?
Salesforce CEO sees a future of working alongside bots at Salesforce and across the industry.
With increased demand overwhelming the grid and climate change driving record heat, Americans’ energy bills keep rising.
A no-guilt screen-time guide.
Drugmakers have been heavily reliant on foreign countries’ manufacturing and raw materials, most of it duty-free.
When it meets this week, the Federal Reserve is widely expected to keep its key short-term interest rate at its current target range — where it has stayed for all of 2025.
I work hard, buy quality clothes and know how to fake my way through dinner-party conversations. But behind the scenes, I’m part of a fast-growing Canadian underclass.
Rigorous new research appears to show that monthly checks intended to help disadvantaged children did little for their well-being, adding a new element to a dispute over expanded government aid.
The rise of ARFID, a new eating disorder driven not by body image but by fear.
The new tariff could increase prices on goods such as cars, furniture and pharmaceuticals. Trump's tariffs are expected to raise prices by 1.8% in the short term, per the Yale Budget Lab.
The Trump administration has ended the pandemic-era pause on repayments, leaving many facing colossal debts.
A quarter-size device that tracks the rise and fall of sugar in your blood is the latest source of hope — and hype — in the growing buzz around wearable health technology.
From picking a career to picking a spouse, one radical philosophical idea will guide you.
Millions of animals are stuck in increasingly cramped shelters because their owners are struggling to pay rising vet bills and other expenses.
Many high earners in the U.S. still feel broke. Between lifestyle creep, debt and social pressure, even $200,000 per year doesn’t always buy peace of mind.
It’s tempting to imagine what we might have done differently. But, as Diana Nyad says: ‘We earn our wisdom.’
Susan Monarez is the first director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to require Senate confirmation. She’s also the first director without a medical degree in more than 70 years.