Tue 14 October 2023: Do your pets make you happier? A new study has claimed that pets don’t have any positive impact on the well-being of their owners, contrary to the widely-held belief. The study has been published in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, which assessed 767 people over three times in May 2020. […]
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Fri 13 October 2023: I doubt the psychologist Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961), in all his prescience, would have predicted that his work would one day fuel a TikTok trend called “shadow work”. Life coaches and self-help gurus on the platform promote the exploration of shadow as a path to self-development. The exercises they recommend include thought experiments […]
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Sat 16 September 2023: Something strange is going on in women’s happiness research. Because despite having more freedom and employment opportunities than ever before, women have higher levels of anxiety and more mental health challenges, such as depression, anger, loneliness and more restless sleep. And these results are seen across many countries and different age groups. A […]
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Noblewomen eating ice cream in a French caricature, (1801). Gallica. Thu 10 August 2023: English Heritage is now selling what it calls “the best thing since sliced bread” at 13 of its sites – brown bread ice cream, inspired by a Georgian recipe. The announcement of the flavour mentions several more outlandish Georgian flavours trialled by English Heritage […]
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Babylonian clay model showing a nude couple on a couch engaged in sex and kissing. Date: 1800 BC. (Credit: © The Trustees of the British Museum) Sun 21 May 2023: Kissing was first recorded in human civilization around 4,500 years ago, according to researchers, with evidence pointing to its existence in the ancient Middle East. […]
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Fri 19 May 2023: American actress Angelina Jolie has announced a new business venture called Atelier Jolie which will enable customers to work with master tailors, pattern makers and artisans to create their own designs. “Atelier Jolie is a place for creative people to collaborate with a skilled and diverse family of expert tailors, pattern […]
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Tue 18 Apr 2023: Human body’s rhythms may determine our behavior, according to a smartphone-based study. Researchers from the Leiden University in the Netherlands analyzed the usage data of hundreds of mobile phones and discovered that the human body, both of men and women, has rhythms ranging between seven and 52 days. These cycles influence […]
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Tue 28 March 2023: Finland, which has been crowned as the world’s happiest country for six years continuously, is now planning to offer a masterclass on happiness to the rest of the world. A four-day masterclass on happiness is being hosted by the Nordic country in June, and its tourism board stated that 10 lucky […]
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Wed 22 March 2023: Cats are known for their unusual behavior and peculiarities. While many cat lovers think they know everything about their feline friends, there are still some weird and surprising facts about cats that many people don’t know. Here are the top 10 weirdest facts about cats. 1. CATS HAVE A ‘SIXTH SENSE’ […]
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Tue 21 March 2023: Do you learn from mistakes? This is especially true when it comes to learning from other people’s mistakes. Your own, on the other hand, are often ignored. But why? You learn less from your own mistakes than from your own successes. Only when it comes to other people’s victories and defeats you do […]
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