Habitual Kindness: Your Secret to Wellness

Research suggests that when we make acts of kindness a habit, it's also good for our health. Whether it's volunteering at a local food bank, or ...

Kids Spend 30% of Day on Screens

If two of the 20th century’s iconic technologies, the automobile and the television, initiated the rise of American aloneness, then screens continue ...

Your Biggest Threat on City Streets

Urban safety experts have long worried about the impact of distracted driving. However, a new study by researchers suggests we should be equally concerned ...

Is Everyone Getting High on New Drugs?

“Is Everyone Getting High?” That’s the title of a recent article in The New York Times. The article observes:

The old distinction between ...

Real Estate Developer Says We’re ‘Building for Aloneness’

Derek Thompson, a writer for The Atlantic, notes that as our homes have become less social, residential architecture has become more anti-social. Thompson ...

TikTok Is Harming Children at an Industrial Scale

Internal documents from Tik Tok executives and employees reveal that the social media platform is driven to capture the attention of users. Here were ...

A Father’s Alcohol Consumption and Fetal Health

A father's alcohol consumption has long been overshadowed by the focus on what a mother drinks. But that could be about to change following more research. ...

Black Bear Breaks into a Zoo

A black bear broke into the Knoxville Zoo in Tennessee. NBC News reported the following story: "A neighbor called the Knoxville Zoo late Monday night ...

Alcohol Is the Leading Cause of Death Ages 15-49

Every year, 2.8 million people around the globe die from alcohol abuse or misuse. The alcohol industry racks up an annual revenue of $1.5 trillion. Alcohol ...

Gen Z’s Social Media Lament

In a New York Times piece “Gen Z Has Regrets,” Jonathan Haidt and co-writer Will Johnson ask if young people wish social media had never existed. ...