Why “just stay positive” backfires and the science-backed approach to optimism that builds resilience, agency, and emotional strength in uncertain times.

Grateful people tend to be optimistic, but they’re not the same. Optimism is a belief about getting something you don’t have yet—it’s future-oriented. Gratitude is present and ...

Humans are imperfect and the world is often unfair. Pretending otherwise can lead to toxic positivity, which means suppressing or even denying difficult feelings. When you feel distressed, you may ...

The Gophers men’s basketball team has lost seven straight games, and 10th-ranked Michigan State is up next, here Wednesday night for a Big Ten game at Williams Arena. But this ongoing skid is not as ...

Abstract: This article proposes a novel hybrid rotor flux-switching permanent magnet (PM) machine with a low torque ripple. The rotor of this machine is composed of inverted T-shaped PMs and ...

When Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s allies at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention upended the childhood vaccine schedule, public health leaders reacted with alarm, warning that the change would ...

Training yourself to expect good things to happen sounds like helpful advice in general. Now, new research suggests that good vibes could have a physical effect on the immune system. Positive, hopeful ...

From my experience teaching mechanics to properly torque fasteners in the aerospace industry, the potential accuracy of any torque wrench type is often defeated by ...