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Relationships & Respect

NewGreater Good (UC Berkeley) · Nov 2

Humans are constantly reinventing ways to maintain intimacy with the people we care about most. Today, one of our most ubiquitous connection rituals is reel sharing—that is, sending short social media videos to each other. At a time when…

Love

A dog lover and entrepreneur has created a weather service tailored specifically to dogs. It broadcasts tens of thousands of reports to users every month with the weather at the level of a dog’s head and paws. It also includes temperature…

Good News Network · Nov 2

Kindness

Have you ever heard of Amelia Island? Northeast Florida’s barrier island describes itself as a natural gem, and a great excuse to visit is happening this weekend in the form of the annual Right Whale Festival. Held every year since 2009…

Good News Network · Nov 2

Growth

Picture this: 71 adults signed up for a study comparing brief to longer mindfulness practice. Many had never meditated, while others had dabbled years before. Participants were divided at random into three groups: One group got 20 minutes…

Greater Good (UC Berkeley) · Oct 7

Jessica Lancaster, Ph.D., Mayo Clinic immunologist, places a sample into a light-sheet microscope as a colleague works behind her.Wellness

PHOENIX — A new study from Mayo Clinic suggests checkpoint immunotherapy may reshape the immune environment within lymph nodes after melanoma has spread to them. Researchers found that treatment reorganized several types of immune cells…

Mayo Clinic News Network · Oct 30

Wonder

NewSmithsonian Magazine · Nov 2

A species of jumping spider appears to enter a deep sleep phase that resembles rapid eye movement (REM) in humans, the stage in which we typically dream

Relationships

Are we trying too hard to have more sex? How couples can make room for pleasure without adding pressure. The post Out of Touch: A Couple’s Way Back to Desire appeared first on The Gottman Institute .

The Gottman Institute · Oct 31

Love

Imagine you have a colleague who remembers that you had a difficult appointment and checks in on you. Or a friend who is just there to listen without telling you what you should have done differently. We don’t tend to think of these…

Greater Good (UC Berkeley) · Oct 26

Kindness

There was renewed hope for the Amazon, a skin cancer vaccine showed promise, and a nicotine loophole was closed in the UK, plus more The post What went right this week: the good news that matters appeared first on Positive News .

Positive News · Oct 30

Painting of a faceless silhouette with a hat against a leafy backdrop, the silhouette made up of sky covered in clouds, with a person observing it.Growth

Milgram, Zimbardo and recent priming studies suggested we’re highly malleable. They underestimated how stable we really are - by Jack W Klein & William B Swann Read on Psyche

Psyche · Nov 2

Healthy Living

NewNIH News in Health · Nov 2

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Wonder

Rx Kids, a program that provides unconditional cash transfers for pregnant people and infants, reduced neonatal mortality in Flint, Michigan.

Science News · Nov 2

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