Neuroscientists have identified the neural networks that connect the cerebral cortex to the adrenal medulla, which is responsible for the body's rapid response in stressful situations. These findings provide evidence for the neural basis of a mind-body connection.
Scientists from Oxford University and UCL have identified part of our brain that helps us learn to be good to other people. The subgenual anterior cingulate part of the brain seems to be especially tuned to benefiting other people.
HundrED is a global, non-profit project aiming to bring together a vision of education for the next 100 years, collecting 100 innovations from Finland and a further 100 from around the world, along with commentary from global thought leaders.
Time and again, the Olympic games have served to reflect and even amplify this spirit. It has allowed people to represent their countries—even if they weren’t officially recognized by their neighbors or members of the United Nations.
Wellbeing workers are becoming more common as schools integrate mental health into learning. Principals say meditation is more important than ever as children's minds become crowded by technology.
In real life, Matt Damon chases down the one thing every person needs, but can’t always get—clean water. Damon’s appearances worldwide for the Water.org charity have delivered danger-free drinking water to 4.3 million people in 12 countries.
The largest grocer in America recognizes that beauty is only skin deep when it comes to “ugly” fruits and vegetables. Walmart is rolling out a line of imperfect apples, aptly named “I’m Perfect”. Now they’ll receive their well-deserved spot at the table, instead of a landfill.
The new mayor of Turin, Chiara Appendino wants to make vegan diets a priority over next five years. Children will also be educated on the dietary choice and culture of respect.
The inventor of the World Wide Web has ridden into battle for, what might be, the last chance to preserve an open Internet in Europe.
Every Tuesday, the employees of Nootrobox fast for 36 hours. Co-founder and CEO Geoffrey Woo recently boasted to Quartz that Tuesdays are now “one of our most productive days of the week.”
Epigenetics, a cutting-edge new science that studies how our gene expression is influenced and changed by a whole host of factors—from diet, exercise, and mindfulness practices - to environmental factors and lifestyle modifications as well.
A man in Vietnam, Tong Phuoc Phuc, has adopted 100 children from mothers who abandoned them because they didn’t have the means to feed one more mouth.
It’s easy to think there are more things dividing us than uniting us. But we actually have much more in common with other nationalities than you’d think.
Millennials are more environmentally and socially conscious than older generations, and if companies want to cash in on their rising purchasing power or retain young, talented workers, they have to step up on environmental and social responsibility.
Simple Habit's 5 minute personalized meditations are designed a Harvard psychologist and meditation experts. Founder Yunha Kim started meditating a few minutes a day at her previous startup, Locket, and decided to build Simple Habit to help people reduce stress and live happier.
