Happiness & Success
Achieving Happiness Through Acceptance of Life
The quest for happiness often leads to frustration, as many fail to realize that the...
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- Written by: Kyra Gurney, Anjali Tsui, David Iaconangelo, Selina Cheng, ProPublica
Wealthy politicians and businessmen suspected of corruption in their native lands are fleeing to a safe haven where their wealth and influence shields them from arrest.
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- Written by: Emily Litvack, University of Arizona
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which opens in theaters this weekend, shows how the Rebel Alliance steals architectural plans for the Death Star in order to eventually destroy it.
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- Written by: Richard Tofel, ProPublica
Far from ending with President-elect Trump's announcement that he will separate himself from the management of his business empire, the constitutional debate about the meaning of the Emoluments Clause — and whether Trump will be violating it — is likely just beginning.
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- Written by: Peter Barnes
The big, rarely asked question about our current economy is who gets the benefits of common wealth? Common wealth has several components. One consists of gifts of nature we inherit together: our atmosphere and oceans, watersheds and wetlands, forests and fertile plains, and so on (including, of course, fossil fuels).
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- Written by: Oiwan Lam, Global Voices
Kryptowire, a security firm, recently identified several models of Android mobile devices that have preinstalled permanent software, known as firmware, that serve as backdoor that collects sensitive personal data, including text messages, geolocations, contact lists, call logs and transmits them to a third-party server in Shanghai, China.
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- Written by: Taylor Kubota, Stanford University
New research shows that racial biases affect more than how we treat individual black people. Biases also lead us to devalue black homes and neighborhoods, and to subject them to potential health hazards.
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- Written by: Emily Litvack, University of Arizona
When it comes to theft online, “you’re only protected by other, easier victims,” says Hsinchun Chen, an expert in cybersecurity.
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- Written by: Uri Gal, University of Sydney
Enabled by exponential technological advancements in data storage, transmission and analysis, the drive to “datify” our lives is creating an ultra-transparent world where we are never free from being under surveillance.
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- Written by: Stanford University
A new study highlights problems with how many law enforcement agencies handle officer-involved shootings.
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- Written by: Jeff Chester, BillMoyers.com
When Yahoo! confirmed that it had experienced a massive online attack from hackers who stole personal information from more than 500 million people — including names, emails and phone numbers — it revealed a disturbing truth about our digital media system.
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- Written by: Nick Couldry, London School of Economics and Political Science
Imagine, if you can, a period long before today’s internet-based connectivity. Imagine that, in that distant time, the populations of every country were offered a new plan.
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- Written by: Brendan Gogarty, University of Tasmania
Drone footage is everywhere, whether used to film extreme sports, outdoor events, nature, music festivals, or just for its own sake.
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- Written by: Felicity Turner, Armstrong State University
At a recent rally of Donald Trump supporters in North Carolina, Republican vice-presidential candidate Mike Pence said the result of the November presidential election would determine the shape of the US Supreme Court for the next 40 years.
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- Written by: Kayte Spector-Bagdady, University of Michigan
President Obama has promised to support a bold future for medicine where diagnostic testing and treatments aren’t just what’s best for most people – they’re what’s best for you.
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- Written by: Stanford University
Researchers have applied magnetic nanotechnology, previously used as a cancer screen, to create what could be the first practical roadside test for marijuana intoxication.
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- Written by: Jeff Falk, Rice University
When top-level managers find governance mechanisms too coercive, they’re more likely to commit fraud, according to a new paper.
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- Written by: James J. Nolan, West Virginia University
How should we understand the violence, counterviolence and civil unrest that mark the current era in American policing?
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- Written by: Frank Dikötter, University of Hong Kong
The image of China as an opium slave was the starting point for an international ‘war on drugs’ which, over a century later, is still being fought today.
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- Written by: Peter O'Connor and Paula McDonald, Queensland University of Technology
A new study reveals employers are using online information about job applicants without their knowledge, to inform hiring decisions. Approximately 55% of organizations now have a policy about this type of practice, called profiling.
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- Written by: Amanda Woog, University of Texas at Austin
How many people die in our criminal justice system each year? It turns out it is hard to tell, and it depends who you ask.
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- Written by: InnerSelf Staff
For more than two decades, people have used the internet to research, shop, make friends, find dates, and learn about the world. And third parties have been watching—and learning.
