Happiness may not cure what ails you, a recent study suggests, but it might keep you from getting sick in the first place. Dutch researcher Ruut Veenhoven analyzed 30 previous studies on happiness, ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Just in time for the season of love and warm feelings, a pioneer and world authority on the scientific study of happiness is headed to Purdue. What is happiness? What makes us ...

In the summer of 2011, I was a newly registered Ph.D. student at the North-West University in South Africa. At the time, I was grappling with a seemingly impossible task, convincing a research ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The catchy 1980s hit, Don't Worry, Be Happy, got it right. New research shows being happy can add several years to life. "Happiness does ...

On the sixth floor of the creepily silent social-sciences block at Erasmus University in Rotterdam is an office lined with box files. Two researchers sit silently tapping on computer keyboards. The ...

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - The tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan long ago dispensed with the notion of Gross National Product as a gauge of well-being. The king decreed that his people would aspire ...

Can we make ourselves happier? According to studies from all over the globe collated by the World Happiness Database in Rotterdam, we can. For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News ...

Studies show that populations are happier when they can choose things – including the government. By Michael Brooks Here’s a handy scientific fact to bear in mind if the election has turned out badly ...

AMSTERDAM — The tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan long ago dispensed with the notion of Gross National Product as a gauge of well-being. The king decreed that his people would aspire to Gross National ...