Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the small Baltic country of Mithonia has looked to Scandinavia as the model for building its post-communist society. But now taking a step f[...]

We all want to be happy. If we can truthfully say we are happy, then what else matters? Helpfully, the National Australia Bank produces a quarterly report on the wellbeing of Austr[...]

For years sociologists have been using the binary ‘male’ and ‘female’ designations to study the human population, endlessly analysing behaviors between these two groups. Now in an [...]

Breakthrough research finds the genetic marker as a “meta-condition” for many diseases. Finding a cure will make people feel years younger and result in dramatic increases in lengt[...]

Our psychology correspondent, Lucinda Freud, reports on the flipside of mobile phone convenience …. Technology is reinventing our lives and creating new conveniences for our everyd[...]