With evidence growing that training the mind or inducing certain modes of consciousness can have positive health effects, researchers have sought to understand how these practices physically affect the body. A new study by researchers in Wisconsin, Spa…

As the tallest animals in the world, with gangly legs, twisting black tongues and patchwork markings, giraffes are instantly recognisable. But we still know relatively little about the behaviour of these supposedly “gentle giants”. Footage re…

A compassion-based meditation program can significantly improve a person’s ability to read the facial expressions of others, finds a new study.   This boost in empathic accuracy was detected through both behavioral testing of the study participan…

In this age of innovation, even more important than being an effective problem solver, is being a problem finder.   It’s one thing to look at a problem and be able to generate a solution; it is another thing to be able to look at an ambiguo…