Being in Nature Makes Your Heart Healthier
New research finds that exposure to the natural world lowers the risk of cardiovascular disease by reducing stress.
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The Positive Impact of Mindfulness Training Is Felt Six Years Later
Learning how to stay focused in the present has beneficial long-term results.
The Loss of a Dog and the Importance of Support
Research confirms that losing a pet dog is a stressful life event.
The Causes of Violent Crime Are Blowing in the Wind
Serious crimes are more likely to occur in neighborhoods downwind of air pollution, according to a new study.
Masculinity and Violent Behavior: A Complex, Combustible Relationship
Researchers report men who feel stress over their perceived failure to live up to gender norms are at heightened risk of committing violent acts.
Familial Brains
If the unwelcome death of her uncle taught Emily Mullin anything it's that our lives are transient and largely out of our control.
Racism and Discrimination Kill—Literally
Experiencing discrimination has been shown to have both acute and long-term effects on the body.
Why We Reach for Sugar When We're Stressed
Those sweets have a uniquely calming effect on stress, according to new research.
Bringing Classical Music to the Medical Clinic
A Minnesota experiment in which live musicians perform for waiting patients gets high marks from the staff.
Is Peer Pressure Shortening Your Life?
New research says that may have been the fate of some of the 19th century’s greatest composers.
Can We Train Teenage Girls to See Less Darkness in the World?
Girls with depressed mothers are much more likely to develop depression themselves—but there might be a solution.
A Short Walk Reduces Chocolate Cravings
A new study shows a brief burst of exercise makes a difference, even for stressed-out chocoholics.
On the Bright Side
An early look at a Pacific Standard story that's currently only available to print and digital magazine subscribers.
How the American Family Was Affected by the Great Recession
A look at how marriage, co-habitation, domestic violence, and birth rates were influenced by the economic struggles of the 2000s.
The Best Reporting on Children With Post-Traumatic Stress
What happens to children and teenagers exposed to violence in their own neighborhoods.
Can Exercise Close the Achievement Gap?
Just 12 minutes of aerobic exercise can boost low-income college students’ academic performance. The effect is large enough to close the achievement gap.
Mindfulness Can Avert Bodily Responses to Emotional Stress
New research finds acceptance of moment-to-moment thoughts and feelings can greatly reduce the impact of stress on your health.
Feeling Impulsive? Head for the Forest
New research finds yet another benefit of viewing images of the natural world.
New Insights Into Why Some Men Assault Women
For some, the sense that they are not sufficiently masculine leads to stress, and ultimately to striking out at the women closest to them.
Study: Mindfulness Training Produces Less-Stressed Marines
Marines who took an eight-week course in the basics of mindfulness recovered from stress faster following an intense training session that replicated battlefield conditions.
Anxiety? There's an App for That
"Gamifying" stress therapy might make treatment a lot more fun.
Study: Stress Increases Empathy in Women, Decreases It in Men
New research from Vienna finds a big gender gap in how we respond to stressful situations.