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3 Best Practices for Future Happiness
“We all want our future self to be happy, so we ask: ‘What can I do to relieve this person’s suffering?’
3 Lessons to Learn From Conversations Between Science and Religion
Science and religion aren't enemies. A healthy conversation between them offers valuable lessons.
4 Signs You Might Have Messed Up Your Metabolism
Here are four common signs you’ve sent your metabolism reeling, and how to get a reset.
5 Questions for Emma Seppälä
Researcher (and new S&H columnist) Emma Seppala, unpacks the latest studies on happiness and offers a new way forward in her new book The Happiness Track: How to Apply the Scie…
5 Ways To Preserve Your Brain Power
Healthy brains, just like healthy bodies, can better withstand the tests of time. Here are the top five tips to keep your mind sharp.
6 Ways Improving One Nerve Can Change Your Health
While no one will argue the importance of building strong muscle tone, what might be more important to your health is the tone of a surprisingly complex nerve bundle that stretches…
6 Ways Optimism Positively Impacts Your Health
Be healthier through one simple choice every day: be optimistic
A New Primer for Psychic Research
“Something unknown is doing we don’t know what” — this is how physicist Arthur Eddington described the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principal, the vexing fact that science can never pin …
Appointment with the Wolf
Rediscovering an ancient hour alone, at night, with GodFor a full decade, starting in 1998, I woke for an hour or two every night around two o’clock in the morning. By 4 a.m. I cou…
Artificial Limbs That Feel
New research could deliver sensation to prosthetics, as if they are living parts of the body.
Artificial Sweeteners 101: Why You Should Avoid Them
As we look at labels, it's important to understand what we are actually putting into our bodies, and why artificial sweeteners are harmful.
Assume the Posture of Presence
Our posture not only shapes the way we feel, it shapes our ability to think
Beyond the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
About fifteen years ago, Robert E. Thayer, Ph.D., a professor of psychology at California State University Long Beach and author of the recent book The Origin of Everyday Moods (Ox…
Book Review: Reclaiming Conversation
Reclaiming ConversationThe Power of Talk in a Digital AgeBy Sherry TurklePenguin PressImagine a terrifying, dystopian world whose occupants would rather converse electronically, ev…
Brain Wash: Rewire Your Brain for Healthier Habits
Drs. David and Austin Perlmutter explain how we can rewire our brains to develop healthier habits.
