Romantic relationships are usually driven by support, care, love, and trust between partners. Healthy love is meant to be supportive, grounding, and thrives on trust, respect, and authentic connection between partners. Love is meant to allow both individuals to grow and express themselves who they are, authentically. It creates a space for partners to be...

Students gathered in Pasadena on October 1, 2025, expecting to hear the legendary anthropologist speak about protecting the environment and what young people could do to change the world, but Jane Goodall had died that morning in her sleep at 91 in Los Angeles, and the cause of death was natural. Months before her death,...

Your brain might be your most underappreciated sex organ in your body. While most conversations about self-pleasure focus on physical touch, researchers have discovered something about the connection between mind and body during arousal that changes how we understand sexual response. You can experience genuine physical pleasure without touching yourself at all, through techniques like...

People usually talk about eating right, getting exercise, and staying away from bad habits when it comes to living longer. That makes sense, but now scientists are saying there’s more to it. They believe personality traits and life expectancy are tied together in ways that might surprise you. The way someone acts or reacts to...

We’ve got discipline backwards. We imagine controlled people gritting their teeth through endless temptations, their knuckles white from the strain of saying no to that forbidden pizza slice. Sometimes we imagine them powered by superhuman willpower, fighting desires from dawn to dusk. But here’s what research actually shows. People with high self-control rarely feel like...

We’ve all met someone whose stories never quite add up. The details shift. Your memory doesn’t match theirs. Something feels wrong before you can name why. Research on pathological lying shows that between 8 and 13% of people identify themselves as pathological liars. That’s roughly 1 in 10 people you meet. Learning to recognize the...

Depression affects more than 18 million adults in the United States in any given year. It is the main reason people commit suicide, and more than 41,000 individuals take their own lives every year. Therefore, finding an effective treatment for depression is vital. For the past few decades, treating major depressive disorder typically consisted of...

Arnold Abbott spent 23 years feeding homeless people every Wednesday at Fort Lauderdale, in a South Florida park. On November 2, 2014, at age 90, the city would arrest him for it. Abbott later told reporters that an officer said, “Drop that plate right now,” as if he were holding a weapon. The World War...

You know that moment when your partner is in the mood and you’re mentally reviewing your grocery list, feeling about as romantic as yesterday’s leftovers? The mismatch between male and female sexual desire plays out everywhere, but the real reasons aren’t what most people think. Men and women want sex differently, and these differences reach...

Lack of empathy can strain relationships and create significant misunderstandings. Empathy is a key component of emotional intelligence, allowing us to connect with others on a deeper level. Understanding the signs of low empathy can help us navigate our relationships more effectively, whether we’re trying to improve our own empathic skills or dealing with someone...

It’s hard to deny the collective exhaustion settling over the United States. The past several years have felt like an emotional gauntlet: a relentless cycle of mass shootings, deep political unrest, crushing economic pressures, and increasingly stark social divides. For many, the constant weight of these crises has become more than simple stress; it’s a...

Our homes are more than just the places where we eat and sleep; they are physical extensions of our minds and are representative of who we are. The items we choose to keep, the way we organize our space, and the activities we engage in within our homes can offer surprisingly clear insights into who...