Finnish happiness expert seeks to shift governments' focus from GDP to well-being
Finland is the world's happiest nation for the seventh year running—but what does this really mean—and can governments legislate towards it?
Finland is the world's happiest nation for the seventh year running—but what does this really mean—and can governments legislate towards it?
Economics & Business
Jul 30, 2024
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Production has yet to begin, but TotalEnergies' controversial East African oil project is already taking a dire environmental toll in Uganda's largest national parks, a leading conservationist group said Friday.
Environment
Jul 12, 2024
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PFAS, the potentially cancer-causing chemicals known as "forever chemicals," have become an increasing concern in home drinking water. Solutions to reduce the risk of exposure range from mandated municipal-level water treatment ...
Environment
Jul 11, 2024
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Engaging in meaningful social interactions with peers is associated with lower loneliness and greater affective well-being, new research published in Social Psychological and Personality Science finds. Researchers followed ...
Social Sciences
Jun 28, 2024
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More than 100,000 oil and gas wells across the western U.S. are in areas burned by wildfires in recent decades, a new study has found, and some 3 million people live next to wells that in the future could be in the path of ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 26, 2024
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New research featuring more than 24,000 people has found that having diverse groups of friends improves well-being and social cohesion, despite people's tendency to gravitate towards people more similar to them.
Social Sciences
Jun 5, 2024
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Is it worth the effort to seek high status in a group or setting for which a person has no real passion? New Cornell research suggests the answer is "no."
Social Sciences
May 9, 2024
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A member of President Joe Biden's administration stopped in the city of Lake Elmo, Minnesota, on May 6 to talk PFAS with local officials, visiting an area that's been at the forefront of contamination just three weeks after ...
Environment
May 7, 2024
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A group-based curriculum called Journey of Life (JoL)—delivered over 12 sessions in the Kiryandongo refugee settlement in Uganda—led to improvements in mental health, social support, parental warmth and attitudes around ...
Social Sciences
Apr 19, 2024
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Much of Earth's water is hidden hundreds of meters beneath our feet, among soil particles and deep within rock pores and fractures.
Earth Sciences
Apr 17, 2024
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