Working from home often pays more than working in an office for jobs in the tech industry, new research has claimed. HR company Remote collected data on more than six million jobs ads from 2022 from employee resource Glassdoor and found that web developer and software engineering roles had the most amount of remote opportunities compared to other professions, making up 37% and 36% of the total remote job market respectively.

Special report: In an expose of private children’s hospitals, workers say inadequate staffing put patients in harm’s way. Rebecca Thomas reports

The New York Times reported recently on a man named Hiroyuki Nishimura, who has become a “famous voice for disenchanted young Japanese.” Nishimura has “amassed millions of followers on social media” and was voted the top pick for prime minister among Japanese high school students. Nishimura owns 4chan, one of the most unpleasant sites on the internet, a toxic place that nourishes the delusions of mass shooters.

Do you scroll through TikTok as a form of entertainment? While it may seem like a harmless activity, a study published in Body Image suggests that TikTok usage is related to body dissatisfaction, appearance comparison, and body surveillance.

New research published in the Journal of Positive Psychology examines the role that physically attractiveness may play in feeling that life is meaningful. Three studies involving 1,234 participants revealed that the more attractive you believe yourself to be, the more likely you are to report feelings of existential significance.

Male psychology is sensitive to cues associated with the ease of sexually exploiting women. A series of three studies provide insight into cues that might aid men in their use of sexually exploitative strategies. This research was published in Evolutionary Psychology. ...

Adolescents who feel they experience discrimination are more likely to report suicidal thoughts and behaviors, according to research published in Psychiatry Research.

Research combining wearable eye-tracking technology and AI body detection software suggests our eyes aren’t drawn to the faces of passers-by as much as previously thought.

Police say a 6-year-old in Virginia shot his elementary-school teacher intentionally. But scientists say that's not how kids' brains are wired.

Personal Perspective: Inability to understand boundaries leads to social problems.

Study: 63% of severe alcoholics exhibit significant cognitive improvements within 18 days of abstinence

The antecedents and consequences of revealing secrets are discussed.

Sufferers may be driven online because of the difficulty in accessing affordable GP appointments, professor says

Lawsuit accuses companies behind TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube of harming young people’s mental health

What shapes us into the people we are today? The nature versus nurture debate is a huge one in psychology. Although we often think of babies being born into the […] More

For five years in a row, Finland has ranked No. 1 as the happiest country in the world, according to the World Happiness Report. In 2022′s report, people in 156 countries were asked to “value their lives today on a 0 to 10 scale, with the worst possible life as a 0.” It also looks at factors that contribute to social support, life expectancy, generosity and absence of corruption.

The personality traits associated with “incels” are linked to several psychopathological issues, according to new research published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine. An “incel” (or involuntary celibate) refers to a member of an online subculture of individuals who feel deprived of meaningful companionship and sex. Many of these individuals resent women for rejecting them romantically and sexually. Unfortunately, some individuals within this subculture have even turned to violence.

Teens who frequently checked social media showed an increasing sensitivity to peer feedback, although the cause of the changes was not clear.

Money can’t buy happiness. Or can it? That’s what new research says. Research published via PNAs demonstrated something that our society has debated for several years. The experiment consisted in giving 200 people $10,000 (which was handed out by wealthy anonymous donors).

A study on a national sample of U.S. adults above 50 years of age found that persons above 65 who owned a pet for more than 5 years had higher cognitive scores and higher immediate and delayed word recall scores (better memory) compared to people of the same age who did not own a pet.