

The Smiling Hack
In the middle of a pandemic, with economic and political unrest growing everywhere and the promise of an ugly election cycle coming up, it can may sound ridiculous to tell you to smile. But a recent study from the University of South Australia helps back up the pre-existing claim that the simple act of smiling can actually improve your mood. How do you study something like smiles? The research had subjects engage in covert smiling--that is, moving their facial muscles in the