How Your Dog Can Relieve Your Anxiety
A new study finds that spending 10 minutes with your dog helps you recover more quickly from a stressful experience.
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How Awe Walks Helped My Students Slow Down
Students at San Domenico School in California are finding wonder, peace, and inspiration in nature.
What Does a Human-Robot Relationship Look Like?
When people encounter social robots, they tend to treat them as both machine and character, explains a new paper.
To Bridge Divides, We Might First Need to Agree on Language
A new study finds that we don't even agree about the definitions of concepts like "whale" and "dog"—which might explain why we talk past each other.
Temple Grandin Shares Her Journey With Autism
Animal behaviorist Temple Grandin explains what helped her become successful and how parents can help their own autistic children.
Your Happiness Calendar for April 2023
This month, cultivate your inner strength.
Twelve New Films That Highlight the Best in Humanity
It’s time for the Greater Goodies, honoring movies from the past year that exemplify human strengths and virtues.
The Emotional Life of Animals—And What It Means for Us
Rather than debate how smart animals are, we should care for them because of their capacity to feel—and perhaps even have spiritual lives.