Rituals seem to be declining in modern life. Finding ways to gather together meaningfully can help us combat loneliness, pain, and division. Decades of research suggest that the quality of our social ...

Kate Ellis, a former English professor who taught at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, for more than 40 years, says she started teaching as a way to have a positive impact on others. In ...

Cliff Kapono has built an unlikely career at the intersection of surfing and science. Now, with Reef, he’s rallying local communities to create detailed maps of coral reefs—data that could help ...