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A global study seeks insights into what helps people feel happy, healthy and satisfied – and what holds them back.
As more and more household chores become automated, research is showing that, for some people, this might not be what they want.
How you tell the story of a momentous event can help you make sense of what happened. Research finds new moms’ and dads’ narratives around childbirth held clues about their transition to parenthood.
Astrology and astronomy were once practiced side by side by scientists like Galileo and Kepler. And they’re more similar than you might think.
A group of year seven students showed that relationships most of all – with friends, family and pets – gave their lives meaning.
Douglas Adams claimed the answer was 42. But there are other interpretations.
The self-help books are full of advice on how to get meaning in life, but it helps to understand what meaning actually is. Science may be able to provide some answers.
Don’t pursue happiness as a goal, instead make sure what you do from day to day provides a sense of meaning in life.
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Associate Professor of Psychology, Regent University
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Leeds Beckett University
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Associate Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology, Washington University in St. Louis
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Associate Professor and Director of the Institute of Behavioral Science and Technology, University of St.Gallen
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Professor of Epidemiology, Harvard University
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Distinguished Professor of the Social Sciences and Director of the Institute for Studies of Religion, Baylor University
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