Giving, receiving and even witnessing gratitude can improve your well-being, especially during difficult times. Multiple studies have shown that expressing gratitude to acquaintances, co-workers, friends or romantic partners can offer a relationship “boost” and “helps bind us more closely,” said … Read more

Kevin Stewart of the department of earth, marine and environmental sciences (EMES) at UNC-Chapel Hill joins WRAL News to talk about a recent string of earthquakes in western North Carolina. WRAL

Teens on social media is a problem many parents and guardians have lost sleep over, but for which few feel there are real, practical solutions. Don’t worry, there are, experts say. While there are some benefits, social media presents a “profound … Read more

The potential harms of social media use is in the national spotlight as symptoms like depression and anxiety soar among young people. … Mitch Prinstein, who’s a professor of psychology and neuroscience at UNC, has been researching how technology use … Read more

Three sophomore cadets will be the first from UNC-Chapel Hill’s Air Force ROTC to be selected as officers into the U.S. Space Force. The selection process for the Space Force changes every year. Avery Berg is a cadet with UNC-Chapel Hill’s Air Force … Read more

Giant solar balloons were sent 70,000 feet up in the air to record sounds of Earth’s stratosphere — and the microphones picked up some unexpected sounds. Daniel Bowman, principal scientist at Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico and a Ph.D. … Read more

Is ancestry history? The U.S. Census Bureau is contemplating getting rid of a question about a person’s ancestry on its most comprehensive survey, saying it may duplicate a newly-revised race question that allows respondents to write from where they or … Read more

There are two simple words that can increase productivity, enhance collaboration among employees, make managers more effective and improve corporate performance. “Thank you.” I have studied gratitude for more than two decades, and one common theme emerges repeatedly: Even basic … Read more

ChatGPT, an artificial-intelligence chatbot, can write a poem about spring and even turn that poem into a 1970s sitcom. While AI projects like this are fun to interact with, researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are looking into … Read more

Researchers discovered that positive social experiences impact not only a person’s stress level and ability to cope, but also markers of physical health, according to a study published Monday in the journal Society for Personality and Social Psychology. The results … Read more