How Your Relationships Affect Your Health
A new book argues that, to be healthy, we should prioritize our social health as much as our physical and mental health.
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Why “Boy” Culture Is Hurting Boys and Everyone Else
Psychologist Niobe Way argues that we need to pay better attention to what boys and men say they need socially and emotionally.
How Men and Women Can Be Friends (Without Sex Getting in the Way)
Of course heterosexual men and woman can be friends—if they have incentives to manage emotional and sexual attraction.
Can You Have a Committed Partnership With a Friend?
A new book highlights people who have chosen to create intimate, long-term partnerships with friends to enrich their lives.
Is There a Place for Love in Medicine?
One doctor found a way to feel love for his patients. Here are four things he learned.
Why Do Some Couples Choose to Live Apart?
Social scientists say that more couples are staying together but living in separate homes, for some good reasons.
Ghosting Someone May Hurt You as Much as It Hurts Them
A new study finds that people who cut off communication with someone without an explanation may suffer depressive symptoms afterward.
Does Curiosity Have a Dark Side?
Research suggests there are at least two different types of curiosity—with different effects on our behavior and relationships.