Matt Alderton

1 week ago | usatoday.com | Matt Alderton

When you’re happy, your whole body knows it. Your heart races. Your face flushes. Your breath quickens. The butterflies in your stomach flutter. And then there’s your brain. When you’re happy, its neural nooks and crannies flood with “happiness hormones” like dopamine, serotonin and oxytocin. By eliciting feelings of joy, accomplishment, pleasure, satisfaction and self-esteem, they reinforce healthy habits that help you survive and thrive.

2 weeks ago | usatoday.com | Matt Alderton

When artificial intelligence (AI) pioneer OpenAI unveiled ChatGPT in November 2022, prognosticators predicted that the revolutionary AI chatbot would swiftly usher in a new world order. Algorithmic excellence, they prophesied, would fast-track solutions to everything from energy crises and housing shortages to climate change and cancer. But so far, progress has been slow.

3 weeks ago | aarp.org | Matt Alderton

Dentist Heidi Aaronson shares her best tips for keeping away cavities, tooth loss, gum disease and other age-sensitive oral maladies. Amber Day Facebook Twitter LinkedIn A healthy smile knows no age. At least, not in theory.

3 weeks ago | bestlifeonline.com | Matt Alderton

If holiday mascots were musicians in a rock band, Santa Claus would be the lead singer. The Easter Bunny, on the other hand, would be the drummer: Although the adoring public never fails to cheer and head-bang through the drummer's solo, most fans don’t actually know much about them. Isn’t it time that changed?

2 months ago | aarp.org | Matt Alderton

Sarah Rogers (Getty images 3) Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Among recent callers to the AARP Fraud Watch Network Helpline was a Missouri man who sent nude pictures of himself to an online love interest. The person on the other end turned out to be a scammer who threatened to publish the photos online, extorting the man for $2,500.