The contemporary obsession with feeling good might mean we’re losing sight of what makes life genuinely meaningful ...

We think of tears as an overflow of emotion, but an evolutionary lens shows they’re a rational form of social signalling ...

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Ecstatic moves, magic moments – this animated short documentary details one basketball fan’s love of the arena’s big screen ...

Something curious happens in two people’s brains during supportive interactions. It could help explain their emotional power ...

Intrusive thoughts about doing bad things are common, but for people with OCD they provoke deep fears about the self ...

Far more than an evolutionary imperative, caregiving is a gateway to our deepest humanity, and may explain our intelligence ...

After fleeing war-torn Liberia, an outsider artist creates haunting portraits while seeking asylum in the Netherlands ...

She wasn’t ours. We knew that. We reminded ourselves of this constantly, as the days turned to weeks and then months. We had ...

The diplomatic intervention by a philosopher on a president shows the extraordinary consequences of unlikely meetings ...

A few years ago, I had a breakdown from what would now be termed ‘burnout’. It was probably related to the early death of my father after a long-term illness when I was 12, and from which I had ...

As the father of twins, I could hardly feel more frazzled. But my brain age might paint a different, more youthful, picture ...