Oral contraceptives for women, like the ones pictured above, were first approved by the federal government in 1960. Now, University of Minnesota researchers are working on oral contraceptives for men.

Happiness and well-being depend on how much volition, choice and control people feel they have over their life—their sense of autonomy. Researchers have acknowledged this connection, but there's been ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) offers the possibility to greatly benefit Americans who are older than 65 or those who are living with a disability. AI systems present the potential for improving ...

Agentic AI, the buzzy term for autonomous systems that can plan, act and adapt with minimal human input, is being marketed as the holy grail of digital transformation. And don't get me wrong: It's ...

Professor Toshiro Nishizawa of the University of Tokyo has hailed Vietnam’s people-centered development approach, reflected in social security policies such as tuition fee reductions and healthcare ...

Autonomy is the ability to make choices yourself rather than having them made for you by other people. Most of us desire autonomy—who wants to be a slave to another's wishes? But we are certainly not ...

Research from 2025 finds that 77% of executives believe unlocking the true benefits of AI will only be possible when it is built on a foundation of trust, according to the Accenture Technology Vision ...

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