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Emotions

Climate change activists show hands in support of climate action during a climate strike rally, as part of a global youth-led day of global action.
Climate Change
Study finds widespread climate anxiety among youth
Siblings Erika and Dwayne Bermudez comfort one another during a short viewing of their mother, Eudiana Smith, at The Family Funeral Home, May 2, 2020, in Newark, New Jersey.
Lifestyle & Belief
The pandemic has disrupted how we grieve. The effects could be long-lasting.
The sun sits above the horizon over melting ice in the arctic by the ocean in the arctic.
Environment
Is climate change causing us to experience ‘ecological grief’?
Affirmative Action Hangs in the Balance
Full Episode
Arts, Culture & Media
How Art Works: Visual Emotion
Arts, Culture & Media
Playing Our Song
The Future of the Supreme Court, U.S. Military Might, Happiness on the Decline
Full Episode
Technology
In the future, people might really wear their emotions on their sleeves
The moment this bag pops could be terrifying, but it's also a moment when your brain goes into overdrive — and possibly a great learning opportunity.
Science
Here’s what happens after ‘Surprise!’
Lifestyle & Belief
Does the West have a monopoly on romantic love?
A romantic kiss
Lifestyle & Belief
Scientists say they’ve found romantic love, in brain scans
Global Politics
Boys don’t do as well as girls in school – video games can help
Global Politics
How to be happy with what you have
Global Politics
What constitutes parental neglect
Arts, Culture & Media
In search of the good life
Saving Ourselves- The Green Boat
The Surprising Benefits of Nostalgia
Can a Math Museum Remedy ‘Math Anxiety’?
Angry Baker, Seething Newsman: Spaniards Losing Patience with their Politicians
Your Take: The Most Beautiful Things
Is Empathy Inherited or Taught? Listeners Respond
Arts, Culture & Media
A Tale of Dull and Boring Sister Cities
An Argument Against Happiness
Conflict & Justice
Cartoon Slideshow: Fury Over Continued Violence in Syria
Conflict & Justice
The Arab Spring Fear Factor
Forum: Promoting Happiness as Public Policy
The World in Words
Podcast: Finally, Proof that Fiction is Good for You
LEAD SERIES ESSAY
Science Note
Have No Fear
Pleasurable Kingdom
Pleasurable Kingdom
Unsung Heroes
Business, Economics and Jobs
How much money is too much?
Business, Economics and Jobs
Launching a small business in a troubled economy
Arts, Culture & Media
Does technology take away the element of surprise?
Business, Economics and Jobs
Going to college: dreams vs. cost
Conflict & Justice
Parenting Choices: What Constitutes Neglect?
Global Politics
No Sympathy For ‘Empathy’
Business, Economics and Jobs
Watch your head! Keeping yourself sane in hard economic times
Arts, Culture & Media
Reaping the health benefits of gratitude with the science of thankfulness
Arts, Culture & Media
Comfortably numb: Love and antidepressants
Conflict & Justice
Rwandan musician turns tragedy into quest for forgiveness
Business, Economics and Jobs
Neuroeconomics: how financial worries affect our brain
Environment
‘Complicated grief’ is a new medical condition affecting one million Americans
Environment
Loneliness around the world
Environment
New study on dog behavior
Global Politics
India elections post-Mumbai
Arts, Culture & Media
Poetry of war in the Caucasus
Business, Economics and Jobs
Global market jitters
Global Politics
State-sponsored protest in Belgrade
Arts, Culture & Media
Eric Wilson