“America, are you happy? The emotional words contained in hundreds of millions of messages posted to the Twitter website may hold the answer.” Two scientists on mulling Twitter data.
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Following the entry of “happiness studies” into psychology through the last two decades, some are now asking if being perpetually elated is truly good for your health.
Emotions spread through a social group in ways that resemble the spread of disease. According to a study performed in Massachusetts, sadness is more contagious than happiness.
The AP reports that organizers of Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Austria next month are offering the faithful a foretaste: daily cell phone text messages with quotes from the pontiff. […]
New York magazine’s cover story on the (negative) impact of children on happiness begs a larger question—and one appropriate so near to Independence Day (“life, liberty, and the pursuit” etc.): […]
Director of the Washington office of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, Haris Tarin tells of the tolerant America his late immigrant father cherished, a tolerant America that is crumbling.
Money doesn’t buy happiness because when we try to treat ourselves, we can end up spoiling ourselves, ruining the enjoyment of everyday pleasures like a chocolate bar, says Wired Science.
The old crater rim, previously buried under snow and ice, was exposed this summer at Mt. Baker. Meanwhile, fumaroles at the summit of Mt. Baker are active as ever – see some videos of the activity!
“We love them, of course, but new research suggests that having children makes us unhappy — it’s just that none of us feels able to admit it.” The Independent researches a taboo issue.
Does the current drinking age (21) contribute to dangerous outcomes related to both binge drinking and unplanned, unsafe sex?
European scientists have unveiled Nao, a robot that is capable of mimicking human emotions and correctly identifying and responding to negative and positive emotions in other people.
With Redoubt and Tongan eruptions in full swing, Yellowstone has decided to join the eruptive fun.
This paper in the current issue of the journal Neuron claims to add some MRI findings to the evidence that human empathy and kindness stop at the border between “our […]
More news on the ash disruptions from Eyjafjallajökull, the 30th anniversary of the eruption of St. Helens and news of activity from the Congo and Mt. Hood.
The swarm marches on … but the pattern seems to show that the earthquakes are pretty much staying put around 10-11 km depth.
President Bush observing the disaster in New Orleans from Air Force One.For a campaign that appears to be making all the right moves, Mother Nature might be the one variable […]
Wrapping up a crazy week with some news from North Korea, calming the Katla nerves, volcano insurance and the steady lava lake at Kilauea.
The Eyjafjallajökull eruption that captured the world’s attention seems to be practically quiet as the explosions cease at the vent.
If Bill Maher’s strategy for landing interviews for his mockumentary Religulous sounds familiar, it’s because it’s the same method that Ben Stein & co. used for Expelled. From an LA […]
I know many of you have been a little frustrated by the transition here and especially your ability to leave comments effectively. I understand and appreciate your frustrations – any […]
“Why are we always making less than rational decisions? A new book by Dan Ariely explores how people embrace the irrational.” The Daily Beast reviews professor Ariely’s latest work.
Any list of the most photographed people in history certainly has to include Marilyn Monroe. Just when you think we’ve seen every possible image of the iconic starlet, a new […]
“While taking a more relaxed attitude towards the pursuit of wealth may make sense as a personal philosophy, it is an uncertain guide to public policy,” says the Financial Times.
“I’m the plainest kind of fellow you can find,” painter Grant Wood told an interviewer in the 1930s, the height of his fame. “There isn’t a single thing I’ve done, […]
The efforts by Feisel Abdul Rauf and allies to tell their side of the story in the debate over the Islamic cultural center in lower Manhattan are not intended to […]
Basketball games, elections and other head-to-head contests seem to affect the testosterone of people who care about them. Some studies have found that testosterone production goes down in fans of […]
Promiscuity is an interesting subject. There was a time, in the United States at least, when there was a pronounced double-standard about “sleeping around”: women who had many sex partners […]
Our stereotype of strip club workers is that they don’t have a lot on the ball. But a new study of UK lap dancers shows they are more educated than the typical Brit.
Do you have to be religious to see a face in burnt toast? Probably not, but believers are more likely to attribute such a face to Jesus (1). Believer in […]
“Social science may suggest that kids drain their parents’ happiness, but there’s evidence that good parenting is less work and more fun than people think,” says Bryan Caplan at The Wall Street Journal.