The Top 10 Insights from the “Science of a Meaningful Life” in 2025
Our team names the most provocative and influential findings published during this past year.
Why Loving Moments With Strangers Carry Lasting Benefits
New research finds that connecting with strangers not only boosts your mood—it helps build a kinder, more cooperative society.
Can Loving Yourself and Others Protect Your Health?
Research suggests that seeing our spiritual connections to others could protect us from disease and promote public health.
How Friendship Helped This Veteran to Heal
I was an unhoused veteran. A chance friendship brought me into community and changed my life.
What Can Artificial Intelligence Teach Us About Human Love?
New research finds that AI companions can provide emotional support, intimacy, and personal growth, but they can also erode human relationships.
What Our Intergenerational Household Taught All of Us About Care
For Courtney E. Martin, her multi-generational household has been an advanced education in teamwork, patience, connection, and love.
Eleven TV Series That Highlight the Best in Humanity: 2025
Our contributors award our annual "Greater Goodies" to the TV shows that might help you be your best self.
What I Learned From 1,334 Story Ideas About Love
Reading grant applications for our new initiative on the science of love gave Katherine Reynolds Lewis a sense of hope and faith in humanity.