You’ll find a connection between being happy and being lucky across the Indo-European languages. When “happiness” entered English around the 15th century, it referred to good fortune or ...

Money Buys Happiness, Even if You’re Already Rich A 10% raise delivers a similar boost in satisfaction across income levels, research finds. ILLUSTRATION: WSJ, ISTOCK (2) By . Joe Pinsker.

Caring.com's Senior Happiness Index reveals Utah as the happiest state for seniors, with a supportive environment and high volunteer rates contributing to well-being.

A look at the rising stock market and widening U.S. wealth gap 01:57. If you want to know the secret to achieving happiness, the answer might be found in your bank account — as long as it's ...

Jonathan Bell has written for Wallpaper* magazine since 1999, covering everything from architecture and transport design to books, tech and graphic design. He is now the magazine’s Transport and ...

A new study published in Nature Human Behaviour shows that happiness can come from either within or from external influences, from both, or neither — and which is true differs across people. People ...

Bhutan, a country that prioritizes happiness, has seen 9% of its population leave in recent years. Now the king is launching a bold plan for a new city to create jobs and lure people back.

We have been conditioned to believe that happiness is achieved through individual gratification, even though studies show that helping others benefits both our physical health and happiness.

When Thomas Jefferson included “the pursuit of Happiness” as an unalienable right in the Declaration of Independence, he wasn't talking about fleeting joy. Here's the true meaning behind the ...

Health and happiness are two basic pillars that most people agree constitute a good life. And the two turn out to be more intertwined than one might think. The question of whether one causes the ...