Touch is one of the most important ways people communicate nonverbally. If you know someone who’s a “touchy-feely person,” you’ve probably had the experience of pulling away once in a while when you ...

A big sister is caught being mean to her younger brother. Hayes: Trump’s reflecting pool deal looks as corrupt as you think A Social Security mistake changed thousands of payments China’s ‘two billion ...

On this week’s Galaxy Brain episode, Charlie Warzel is joined by New York Times technology reporter Tiffany Hsu to discuss the rise of AI influencers—synthetic avatars, often indistinguishable from ...

President Donald Trump was saddled with the nickname "TACO Trump" last summer amid the height of the tariff and trade wars, but the acronym made another comeback following the president's threats to ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

You have a personal style and pattern of how you interact with others. This pattern of behavior is how you and others know whether you are acting "normally" or not. Your interpersonal style has likely ...

When life feels overwhelming, many people instinctively turn to nature. A walk in a park. Sitting by the ocean. Watching a sunset. Is this just a pleasant feeling, or is there something deeper at work ...

In a world where identity is constantly being reinvented, some people find a profound connection to animal forms. Known as "therians" or "theriantropes," they do not see themselves as "fully human" ...

As a former nanny who now regularly babysits in my spare time, I do my best to stay up on the parenting discourse, and one topic that surfaces time and time again is gentle parenting—its merits as ...