Happiness News

A new study reveals that money does buy happiness. Two prominent economists in the United States discovered that people's happiness or well-being rises with income.

The tragic tale of Boeta Louwrens Geldenhuys and Chantal Beetge, for a few hours also Geldenhuys, and how traffic accidents forever changed their paths.

Australian Physician Louis Koster offers a unique prescription for health: happiness. His first book offers a step-by-step instruction guide for how to achieve this elusive condition.

Once again, Hawaii has earned top honors in a study naming it the happiest state in the union. Hawaii has earned this honor for three years running, as calculated by the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index.

Canadians are social butterflies preferring hanging out with their friends up close and personal more than being online with others who believe that they are happier than the average person according to findings from the Coca-Cola Happiness Monitor.

Why are we witnessing such striking similarities in the way Western citizens see their countries and their problems as well as who is responsible for them, despite the fact that each country is different in many ways? Is there a common thread?

A new study says that a person earning 1 million pounds a year won't make him happy if his colleagues earn more than him in a year.

Researchers have released details of a new U.S. study examining happiness and quality of life in each state. The study examined 1.3 million Americans to gauge personal happiness.

Peter Dodds and Chris Danforth, a couple of scientists, have put together a way to measure happiness. They do it through analyzes of blogs through a remote system and found, as an example, election day to be among the happiest for most people in 4 years.

In surveys of the most desirable place to live on earth, Costa Rica scores high. People are also happy living there more than in the United States. What makes Costa Rica desirable and what can other places learn about this country’s desirability?