Ms. McCabe is the author of “Making, Keeping, and Losing Friends.” When people find that they are having a hard time making new friends, they often blame their own awkwardness — some failure on their ...

CSIRO provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation AU. University of Wollongong and UNSW Sydney provide funding as members of The Conversation AU. For more than 40 years, researchers in ...

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“Friends” diehards can finally watch the conclusion of the short-lived spinoff series “Joey.” The final eight episodes of the 2004 NBC sitcom, which starred Matt LeBlanc as the wisecracking Joey ...

As part of writing this article series, I’ve become increasingly curious about what other men think about male friendship. The American Survey Center’s State of American Friendship study—especially ...

In January 2011, after struggling with unstable housing for three years, I received good news: an offer from a childhood friend to move into a room in his apartment in Manhattan. Michael knew about ...

Celebrate the spirit of love and connection with a timeless new offering from one of the world’s most beloved spiritual teachers. The Spiritual Expression of Friendship, a new book by Paramahansa ...

A new UC Berkeley study finds that the so-called love hormone, oxytocin, is also critical for the formation of friendships. Oxytocin is released in the brain during sex, childbirth, breastfeeding, and ...

Raising friendship is one of many special ways to evolve your Pokémon in Pokémon Legends: Z-A. Some of the Pokémon in Legends: Z-A will only evolve to their next form once they have a high friendship ...

Tom Bowen is a senior editor who loves adventure games and RPGs. He's been playing video games for several decades now and writing about them professionally since 2020. Although he dabbles in news and ...

Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl is undoubtedly one of the singer’s more optimistic albums, full of songs celebrating her relationship with Travis Kelce. But there is one heartbreaking track ...