People have been thinking about happiness for thousands of years. In fact, ancient thinkers came up with strategies for cultivating pleasures over a lifetime, or creating a lasting capacity to take joy in the world.

In the 1950s and 60s, mental health providers used psychedelics to help patients open up about difficult memories. Then, the drugs were banned. Now there’s a resurgence.

The NeuroArts Blueprint is a bold roadmap for bringing together science, the arts, and technology to

At the core of being human, the arts are a vibrant path to health, community, and possibility.

A person with grit, says psychologist Angela Duckworth, uses passion and long-term perseverance to reach goals.

People are in constant conversation with their dogs, says dog scientist Alexandra Horowitz, and dogs pick up on things like our tone of voice.

Featuring Angela Duckworth, author of “Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance” and founder and CEO of Character Lab, a nonprofit with a mission to advance scientific insights that help children thrive, in conversation with Aspen Institute President and CEO Dan Porterfield.

It turns out brain fitness at any age heightens and protects brain function and can even prevent brain disease.

Award-winning author and playwright Ayad Akhtar grapples with identity and belonging just like the protagonist in his book Homeland Elegies.