BEIJING — A frowning red horse has become the surprise hit toy of the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday, capturing the mood here better than any data point. Embroidered with a Chinese phrase wishing ...

Your home environment can have a significant impact on your mental health, especially during the colder months. Here’s how neuroarchitecture can help you make better design decisions. The growing ...

In defense of the sad holiday song. By Melissa Kirsch Perusing painkillers at CVS the morning after Thanksgiving, I should not have been surprised by the telltale clattering of horse hooves thundering ...

The author reflects on Christmas, family, and the loss of his older sister. He shares a favorite family story about his procrastinating father buying a Christmas tree. Two days before Christmas, his ...

Dear Eric: My husband and I are in our early 60s and 70s. We have had some health challenges but we work hard at eating healthy, exercising, stretching, et cetera. We try to keep a positive attitude ...

Owning a dog may make you a happier person, but new research suggests that when people feel happy, they are more likely to think that dogs look sad. This is the conclusion of a new study by behavioral ...

Bright light boxes mimic natural light. We asked experts if they worked. Ask Well Bright light boxes mimic natural light. We asked experts if they worked. Credit...Eric Helgas for The New York Times ...

Another branch off the Bill Belichick coaching tree has officially been chopped down. After a 2–8 start to the 2025 season, the Giants fired coach Brian Daboll on Monday morning, mere hours after his ...

Mavis Staples is known as many things: soul hitmaker, civil rights trailblazer, 21st-century torchbearer of American gospel music, roots music luminary, world-class entertainer, and singular lead ...

The Twilight Sad have returned with a new song—their first in seven years—and it features the Cure’s Robert Smith on guitar. The band’s core duo of vocalist James Graham and multi-instrumentalist Andy ...

Depression is characterized by a persistent low mood that can affect quality of life. If symptoms usually only occur in the winter months, it may be seasonal affective disorder (SAD), or major ...

You would think happy people would prefer to listen to happy music. Lyrics that speak to their positive mood, bringing them cheer and joy. Yet, sad music tends to have a longer-lasting appeal for many ...