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Relationships & Respect

NewGreater Good (UC Berkeley) · Sep 2

Finding love is big business (a multi-billion–dollar industry), and artificial intelligence is transforming that business. Dating apps are increasingly outsourcing user matching to AI. Recent examples range from Overtone, an AI-powered…

Love

A pair of retirees who both lost their partners have fallen in love again at age 88—after meeting among the barbells at the gym. Now widowed, Barbara Thompson and Fred Jenkins said they’d never expected to find love again after their…

Good News Network · Oct 31

Kindness

Each autumn, during the last five nights in October, there is a blackout on Corvo island—but it’s not by accident. On the small island in the Portuguese Azores, more than 400 residents are protecting some of the world’s most vulnerable…

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

Wellness

A surprising new study suggests that eating peanuts every day could help support brain health and memory in older adults. Researchers found that consuming about two servings of unsalted, skin-roasted peanuts daily for 16 weeks improved…

ScienceDaily · Nov 1

Wonder

NewSmithsonian Magazine · Nov 2

From March 17 to 21, 2027, Croatia’s capital transforms into a dazzling open-air gallery, illuminated by light installations and artworks from local and international artists

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 rainforest, 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

A pink bicycle and a red bycycle leaning against each over on a bridge. Two people sit below on a stone ledge by the water, their legs visible.Growth

For too long, men were told to be self-sufficient. The research shows they’re more likely to thrive in a loving couple - by Iris Wahring Read on Psyche

Psyche · Oct 22

Healthy Living

NewScienceDaily · Oct 26

Regular exercise does more than strengthen the heart. New research reveals that it actually reshapes the nerves controlling how the heart functions, and the changes are surprisingly different on the left and right sides of the body.

Wonder

The Vera Rubin Observatory is shedding new light on the faraway regions by Neptune and beyond, including possible solar system building blocks.

Science News · Oct 30

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