Travel and Happiness: What the Booking.com Survey Actually Asked
A holiday can be a wonderful thing to look forward to. But can research really tell you that it will make you happier than being married? Th...
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Read what the travel happiness survey actually measured, why the wedding comparison needs context and what is useful for planning your own holiday. Enjoy the build-up to your next trip with thoughtful planning ideas, a manageable shortlist and a realistic look at research on anticipation.
Start with Travel vs Marriage: What That Happiness Survey Really Found and Why Planning a Trip Can Be Part of the Fun.
Nature Walks, Attention and Mood: A Closer Look at the Research
Photo credit in the original article: Mike Heller . A path through the trees gives you something different to pay attention to: the ground b...
The Wanderlust Gene Story: DRD4, Migration and the Limits of a Nickname
A map can be dangerously distracting when you love to travel. One unfamiliar place name leads to a photograph, then a route, and suddenly yo...
Enjoy Planning a Trip Without Letting the Planning Take Over
The trip has not started, but you have already found a bakery you want to try. There is a walk saved on your map, a museum that caught your ...
Blue Spaces and Wellbeing: What a Waterside Visit Can Offer
You find a comfortable place by the water, take a seat and watch the surface change with the light. Nothing especially dramatic has happened...
A Short Video Exploring the Scale of the Universe
A video that keeps zooming out—from a person to Earth, from Earth to the planets, and then to the stars—can produce a wonderful feeling of d...
Green Bank, West Virginia: Why Radio Quiet Matters
A huge white telescope rises above the trees at Green Bank, pointing toward signals far beyond what our eyes can see. The setting is quiet i...
Catatumbo Lightning: Lake Maracaibo’s Repeated Thunderstorms
Lightning repeatedly illuminates the clouds around Lake Maracaibo, turning a dark waterside landscape into a brief, brilliant scene. The Cat...
The Ocean Cleanup’s 2015 Japan Proposal: An Idea in Development
An ambitious idea can travel around the internet much faster than the engineering needed to test it. That is part of the story behind The Oc...