Cuteness makes us feel happy and relaxed by triggering positive emotions. Our brains release dopamine when we see cute things, making us feel pleasure. People think different things are cute based on ...

Why do we feel the need to care for things that are cute, like puppies and kittens? Austrian biologist Konrad Lorenz came up with his "kinderschema" or child scheme, which is a list of physical ...

This online community dedicates its postings to tiny things, here are a couple of its best images!

In my first year of high school, I brought small plastic toys to school during tests. You know… for luck. I would set up the figurines in a row on my desk, facing me, and then get busy with answering ...

There is plenty of fun and truly adorable stuff in “Cute,” a new exhibition in London. But there are some creepy and unsettling things, too. By Rosa Lyster The critic Rosa Lyster saw the show in ...

Illustration by Ryan Haskins. Source: Getty. Yet, as I’ve previously reported, this defensiveness about loving cute objects has been gradually dissipating, part of a century-long evolution in which ...

I once stayed at a friend's place to cat-sit and realized I was in love with her apartment. At first I couldn't quite figure out why, but it eventually dawned on me that it was largely because she ...