On today's episode of the 5 Things podcast: Need a pick-me-up today? Watch a video of a smiling dog – it should do the trick. But is your dog really "smiling" in the way humans understand it? And if ...

Have you ever seen someone smile or laugh at the wrong moment, especially after hearing bad news, and wondered why it happens ...

There’s an old chain email/Facebook adage that goes something like: “It takes 37 muscles to frown but only 22 muscles to smile. So smile. It conserves energy.” I’ll tell you right now that I googled ...

Behind Brazil’s famous warmth lies a quiet struggle. Loneliness there is often hidden and that reveals a lot about connection ...

The evaluation will look at the effectiveness of mindfulness meditation in Victorian schools. It has been made possible by funding from the $12 million Victorian Government Technology Innovation Fund.

In a world of ultraviolent video games, where dexterity of the thumb and index finger is infinitely more important than the flexing of the cerebrum, there must be a place for children and their ...

Take a deep breath at 23,000 feet, and breath out turbulence. Or at least your fear of turbulence. That’s the goal of Virgin Australia, which is introducing meditation as part of its focus on ...

Post written by Aneta Pavlenko. Bilinguals are sometimes described as people with two minds in one body, a metaphor we enjoy despite our awareness that human beings have a single mind/brain. Today, I ...