A groundbreaking data science effort to better understand and harness the power of stories has earned the University of Vermont a $20 million research capacity building award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) through its Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR).

Alex meets a scientist who has built a tool meant to do the impossible—measure the world's overall happiness and sadness. Plus, Alex volunteers for a risky and strange experiment.

Researchers are looking at online behavior to gauge public mental health. The results aren’t pretty.

A tool that quantifies global happiness on social media recorded an unprecedented dip in mood starting in May.

From the colors in photos to the filters chosen, Instagram users with a history of depression present the world differently, a study suggests.

A machine mapped the most frequently used emotional trajectories in fiction, and compared them with the ones readers like best.

According to the words, the news is actually good.