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It is 7.30am at Terminal 2E at Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris, and in the line leading to the security gates, an executive is removing his belt with a mechanical gesture, a mother is […]

Time plays a key role in consumer behavior, especially concerning the purchasing patterns of vulnerable groups in society who have been ridiculed in offensive and discriminatory ads. Ben-Gurion University researcher Dr. Enav Friedmann examined the […]

There is an ongoing push to make chaplains available in public schools across the United States. Chaplains, also called spiritual caregivers, are religious professionals who work in secular institutions and can be of any tradition […]

By the time the next US election takes place in 2028, millennial and gen Z voters—who already watch over six hours of media content a day—will make up the majority of the electorate. As gen […]

People who meet their romantic partners online report lower levels of marital satisfaction and experience love less intensely than those who meet in person. That’s according to an international team of researchers led by Dr. […]

With nearly 400,000 kids in the U.S. foster care system, the process for recruiting and retaining foster parents can be difficult, and new University of Georgia research suggests the quality of relationship between the foster […]

The most trusted reviewers of a leisure experience—like a visit to an art gallery, museum, movie theater or zoo—are people who do the activity alone, according to new research from the University of Maryland’s Robert […]

New inventions—like the printing press, magnetic compasses, steam engines, calculators and the internet—can create radical shifts in our everyday lives. Many of these new technologies were met with some degree of skepticism by those who […]

Workplace health programs often fail, and Griffith University research uncovered it is not due to lack of staff interest, but because of entrenched organizational barriers that limit staff participation.This post was originally published on this […]

“Spill the Tea, Honey: Gossiping Predicts Well-Being in Same- and Different-Gender Couples” is the name of a new study from UC Riverside psychology researchers that found gossip within couples is associated with greater happiness and […]