emotions

🌎🔥😬🥴🤷😭 Why we need an emoji for climate change

The consequences of climate change are becoming more apparent, and a growing number of people are experiencing climate anxiety. We need a way to communicate that.

Evolve Foundation launches a $100 million fund to find startups working to relieve human suffering

It seems there's nothing but bad news out there lately, but here's some good news -- the nonprofit Evolve Foundation has raised $100 million for a new fund called the Conscious Accelerator to combat l

Immigrant eyes

Over the past few years we've seen a lot of anger. We've seen a seemingly sane country cut itself off from mainland Europe and we've seen a seemingly beneficent border police force turn angry. We've h

Science and technology will make mental and emotional wellbeing scalable, accessible, and cheap

If it were an issue for you, what would you pay to get rid of stress, anxiety, loneliness, sadness, physical and mental pain, or depression? Or conversely, what would you pay to be happy, feel connec

The new age of empathy

I’ve been rolling past videos on Facebook and Twitter for a while now, wondering why social media is so fascinated by puppies being saved from floods, babies hearing for the first time and grand

Thync Has Raised $13M To Change Your Mood With Ultrasound Waves (And Electricity)

Thync is a startup looking to give consumers another avenue to change their mental state, one which doesn't involve significantly altering your daily habits or metabolizing substances which may or may

Science tries to explain why you love Apple (and hate Microsoft)

Why do people who love Apple hate Microsoft? Conversely, why do people who love Microsoft hate Apple? Science, that wonderful abstraction, may have an answer. A professor at the University College Lon